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Warrior: Clydebank, River Clyde
Steam Tug (20th Century), Tug (20th Century)
Site Name Warrior: Clydebank, River Clyde
Classification Steam Tug (20th Century), Tug (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Warrion
Canmore ID 102468
Site Number NS46NE 8001
NGR NS 494 691
NGR Description NS c. 494 691
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102468
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Inchinnan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS46NE 8001 c. 494 691
N55 53.5 W4 24.5
Possibly within Maritime - City of Glasgow.
Location formerly entered as NS 4940 6912 [N55 53.5 W4 24.5].
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = UND
Surveying Details
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A position of 55 53 30N, 004 24 30W for the wreck of the tug, WARRION.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
This loss is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), and its location may fall within the quasi-administrative area designated as Maritime - City of Glasgow.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 October 2002.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 004100
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.89167,-4.40833
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.89160,-4.40959
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 55.89167,-4.40833
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 0
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : WARRION
Type : TUG
Date Sunk : 15/03/1941
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1941
Original Source : Unknown
Surveying Details : **HO423/41 WK OF TUG "WARRION" IN 555330N, 042430W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NCA, POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
General Comments : QUOTED POSN PLOTS ON LAND
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 24/05/2000
Date Position Last Amended : 24/05/2000
Desk Based Assessment (27 November 2014)
The Warrior is recorded as a tug which strunk a mine and sank in March 1941.There is no record of a vessel under the name of Warrior which fits with this description on www.clydesite.co.uk [accessed 02 December 2014] suggesting vessel may not be Clyde-built.
Information from Sally Evans (Cotswold Archaeology), 27/11/2014.
Project (October 2014 - April 2015)
The maritime archaeology of the Clyde has been identified as a focus for a major study of human interaction with the river through time by the RCAHMS following on from recommendations by the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework (ScARF). Source to
Sea has been developed as the long-term research programme, of which the research into human connections with the River Clyde forms part. This project has comprised a study of the surviving shipwreck heritage of Clyde-built vessels lost within the Clyde estuary and Firth of Clyde.
This project has collated information from a range of sources and has enhanced knowledge of Clyde-built wrecks within the Clyde. In particular information from recreational divers has proved invaluable and has been the source of detailed information about the current condition of many Clyde-built wrecks, useful for on-going management. A number of wrecks previously recorded as of unknown identity in the RCAHMS database were positively identified during the project and more accurate positional information was established for a number of other wrecks. Additionally, the project identified a potentially significant wreck (Margaret Niven) the remains of which were not previously recorded. This project has also identified a number of other potentially significant wrecks within the Clyde, which reflect both its unique contributions to world-wide shipbuilding and local connections. These wrecks include paddle steamers (Lapwing and Princess of Wales), Clyde Puffers (e.g. Margaret Niven), steam-yachts with military connections (HMS Breda), a dredger (Greenock) and an 18th-century West Indiaman (Lady Margaret). Numerous other wrecks have been identified by this project, and all display some degree of significance.
Information from Sally Evans (Cotswold Archaeology) April 2015
Note (26 October 2017)
The NGR of this site has been changed from a 10-figure NGR, which placed it with an implied degree of high accuracy at a location it could not possibly ever have existed, to a 4-figure NGR. This represents an area measuring one square kilometer in extent and includes an 1300m long stretch of the River Clyde, quite probably the section of the river in which the steam tug actually met its fate.
Information from HES Survey and Recording (JRS) 26 October 2017.
