Morning Star: Horse Island, Firth Of Clyde
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Morning Star: Horse Island, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ardrossan; Outer Clyde Estuary; Morning Star
Canmore ID 298195
Site Number NS24SW 8088
NGR NS 213 427
NGR Description NS c. 213 427
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Maritime - North Ayrshire
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS24SW 8088 c. 213 427
N55 38.7 W4 50.4
NLO: Horse Island [name: NS 213 427]
Ardrossan [name: NS 230 420].
Ardrossan, 1st Jan. The MORNING STAR, of Dublin, Delargy, went ashore on Horse Island, to the NW of the harbour, at 9.30 a.m., during a gale from SW, and is a total wreck.
Source, LL, No. 17,695, London, Tuesday, January 3 1871.
Ardrossan, 2nd Jan. The crew of the MORNING STAR, Delargy, wrecked on Horse island, yesterday, were saved by the FAIR MAID OF PERTH, lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution: the vessel was bound to this port from Dublin, in ballast.
Source, LL, No. 17,696, London, Wednesday, January 4 1871.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11911).
(No classification specified: cited as in ballast, and date of loss as 1 January 1871). Morning Star: this vessel was wrecked on Horse Island. Capt. Delargy.
Registration: Dublin.
(Location of loss cited as N55 38.75 W4 50.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Ardrossan Harbour (NS24SW 36.00) is centred at NS 22585 422219.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 March 2009.
Loss (1 January 1871)
Ardrossan, 1st Jan. The MORNING STAR, of Dublin, Delargy, went ashore on Horse Island, to the NW of the harbour, at 9.30 a.m., during a gale from SW, and is a total wreck.
Source, LL, No. 17,695, London, Tuesday, January 3 1871.
Ardrossan, 2nd Jan. The crew of the MORNING STAR, Delargy, wrecked on Horse island, yesterday, were saved by the FAIR MAID OF PERTH, lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution: the vessel was bound to this port from Dublin, in ballast.
Source, LL, No. 17,696, London, Wednesday, January 4 1871.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11911).
(No classification specified: cited as in ballast, and date of loss as 1 January 1871). Morning Star: this vessel was wrecked on Horse Island. Capt. Delargy.
Registration: Dublin.
(Location of loss cited as N55 38.75 W4 50.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (25 March 2009)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Ardrossan Harbour (NS24SW 36.00) is centred at NS 22585 422219.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 March 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9364
Name : MORNING STAR
Latitude : 553845
Longitude : 45030
Registration : DUBLIN
Loss Day : 1
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1871
Comment : Wrecked on Horse Island. Capt. Delargy
Cargo : BALLAST
