Desk Based Assessment

Date 27 November 2014

Event ID 1002051

Category Recording

Type Desk Based Assessment

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1002051

Clyde-Built: initial assessment of shipwrecks within the Clyde River and Estuary to identify Clyde built shipping losses.

The UKHO records a wreck under the name of Fernlea at 55.98935, -4.93007 . No vessel under this name appears on www.clydesite.co.uk [accessed 9 December 2014] which may indicate that the vessel was not Clyde-built **15.3.79 FOUL AREA IN 555922N, 045544W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1994.

**5.3.87 REMAINS OF WOODEN, TWIN SCREW, MV BELIEVED NAMED FERNLEA, LIES IN APPROX 555924N, 045542W ON SLOPING SEABED, DEPTH VARYING BETWEEN 25-40FT. HULL AND SUPERSTRUCTURE D

Information from Sally Evans (Cotswold Archaeology), 27/11/2014.