Mashona: Luce Bay, Solway Firth
Boat (20th Century), Motor Ship (20th Century)
Site Name Mashona: Luce Bay, Solway Firth
Classification Boat (20th Century), Motor Ship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'One Mile Off Drummore', Rhinns Of Galloway,; Mashona
Canmore ID 101623
Site Number NX13NW 8005
NGR NX 14580 37546
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101623
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Maritime - Dumfries And Galloway
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NX13NW 8005 1457 3754
N54 41.9167 W4 52.6667
NLO: Drummore [name: NX 138 368]
Luce Bay [name centred NX 20 45].
Formerly entered as Site no. 8035.
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = UND
Surveying Details
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15 February 1923. The wreck's position is given as 54 41 55N, 004 52 40W and lies in 5.4 metres of water. The wreck is a danger to navigation and is marked by wreck buoy moored about 20 yards SE from the wreck. It is conical shaped, painted green with the word wreck in white letters.
Source: Northern Light House Board Notice to Mariners 1/23.
Hydrographic Office 1995
(Classified as steel motorboat [motor ship], with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 30 August 1922). Mashona: this vessel was abandoned on fire and sank one mile off Drummore.
Registration: Portaferry. Built 1902. 153grt. Length: 30m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N54 41.92 W4 52.67).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location cited by UKHO falls about 1km NE of the end of the East Pier (NX13NW 34.02) at Drummore Harbour.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 October 2009.
Loss (30 August 1922)
(Classified as steel motorboat [motor ship], with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 30 August 1922). Mashona: this vessel was abandoned on fire and sank one mile off Drummore.
Registration: Portaferry. Built 1902. 153grt. Length: 30m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N54 41.92 W4 52.67).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Evidence Of Loss (15 February 1923)
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = UND
Surveying Details
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15 February 1923. The wreck's position is given as 54 41 55N, 004 52 40W and lies in 5.4 metres of water. The wreck is a danger to navigation and is marked by wreck buoy moored about 20 yards SE from the wreck. It is conical shaped, painted green with the word wreck in white letters.
Source: Northern Light House Board Notice to Mariners 1/23.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Note (22 October 2009)
The location cited by UKHO falls about 1km NE of the end of the East Pier (NX13NW 34.02) at Drummore Harbour.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 October 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1647
Name : MASHONA
Latitude : 544155
Longitude : 45240
Date Built : 1902
Registration : PORTAFERRY
Type : MOTORBOAT (STEEL)
Tonnage : 153
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 30
Beam : 6
Draught : 3m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 30
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1922
Comment : Abandoned on fire and sank 1 mile off Drummore
Cargo : COAL
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 005363
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 54.69861,-4.87778
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 54.69869,-4.87893
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 54.69862,-4.87778
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 0
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : MASHONA
Type : M BOAT
Flag : BRITISH
Date Sunk : ??/??/1923
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1923
Original Source : Other
Markers : G CONICAL BUOY
Surveying Details : **H1204/23 15.2.23 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 544155N, 045240W. DANGER TO NAVIGATION AND MARKED BY G CONICAL BUOY WITH LEGEND 'WRECK' MOORED ABOUT 20 YARDS SE FROM THE WK. (NORTHERN LT HO BOARD NM 1/23). INS AS DWPA WITH BUOY.
**H4571/23 5.7.23 DELETE. (NORTHERN LT HO BOARD, NM 4/7). AMEND DEAD. NEVER CHARTED. NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 12/01/2010
Date Position Last Amended : 12/01/2010
