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Prestige: Loch Ryan, Firth Of Clyde
Motor Drifter (20th Century), Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century), Obstruction (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Prestige: Loch Ryan, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Motor Drifter (20th Century), Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century), Obstruction (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Finnarts Bay; Garry Point; Girvan; Loch Ryan Entrance; Outer Clyde Estuary; Prestige
Canmore ID 102633
Site Number NX07SW 8016
NGR NX 04625 72320
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102633
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Maritime - South Ayrshire
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NX07SW 8016 0462 7232
N55 .4167 W5 3.3333
NLO: Loch Ryan [name centred NX 05 65]
Finnarts Bay [name centred NX 047 726]
Garry Point [name: NX 048 728].
Formerly entered as NX07SW 9263.
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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30 April 1925. The wreck of the PRESTIGE is reported at the entrance to Loch Ryan, 463.3 metres and bearing 194 degrees from Garry Point. It's marked by a green can light buoy 106 metres outside the wreck (92.6 metres from W end of wreck).
29 June 1925. The wreck has been blown up. No charting action taken, awaiting Northern Lighthouse Board notice.
30 March 1973. The site was not found by the ship's divers in the foul area in the vicinity of the position given.
Report by HMS FOX, 20 December 1972.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as M[otor] F[ishing] V[essel]: date of loss cited as 28 April 1925). Prestige: [caught] fire off Girvan, sank at entrance to Loch Ryan. 2.5 cables 194 dgrees from Garry Point.
Registration: Lossiemouth.
(Location of loss cited as N55 0.42 W5 3.33).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The equation of this former wreck with the recorded loss of the MFV Prestige is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 February 2004.
Evidence Of Loss (30 April 1925)
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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30 April 1925. The wreck of the PRESTIGE is reported at the entrance to Loch Ryan, 463.3 metres and bearing 194 degrees from Garry Point. It's marked by a green can light buoy 106 metres outside the wreck (92.6 metres from W end of wreck).
29 June 1925. The wreck has been blown up. No charting action taken, awaiting Northern Lighthouse Board notice.
30 March 1973. The site was not found by the ship's divers in the foul area in the vicinity of the position given.
Report by HMS FOX, 20 December 1972.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Loss (28 April 1925)
(Classified as M[otor] F[ishing] V[essel]: date of loss cited as 28 April 1925). Prestige: [caught] fire off Girvan, sank at entrance to Loch Ryan. 2.5 cables 194 dgrees from Garry Point.
Registration: Lossiemouth.
(Location of loss cited as N55 0.42 W5 3.33).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (25 February 2004)
The equation of this former wreck with the recorded loss of the MFV Prestige is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 February 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1712
Name : PRESTIGE
Latitude : 550025
Longitude : 50320
Registration : LOSSIEMOUTH
Type : MFV
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 28
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1925
Comment : Fire off Girvan, sank at entr to Loch Ryan. 2.5 cables 194 degs from Garry Pt.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 003808
Feature Class : Obstn
Obstruction Category : Foul ground
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.00698,-5.05670
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.00698,-5.05670
WGS84 Origin : Original
Previous Position : 55.00695,-5.05555
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 7
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : PRESTIGE
Type : M DRIFTER
Date Sunk : 28/04/1925
Bottom Texture : Sand
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1925
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **CAUGHT FIRE OFF GIRVAN & SANK AT ENTRANCE TO LOCH RYAN. (OFF SCOTLAND, I G WHITTAKER).
Surveying Details : **H2876/25 30.4.25 WK IN 550025N, 050320W OR AT ENTRANCE TO LOCH RYAN 194DEGS, 2.5C FROM GARRY PT. MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY WITH TOPMARK GPFL.(2)G, 120YDS OUTSIDE WK [0.5C W OF WK]. (NORTHERN LT HO BOARD). CHART AS DWPA (1925)' IN 550024.5N, 050333W. - NM 682/25.
**H4293/25 29.6.25 WK HAS BEEN BLOWN UP. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). AWAITING NLB NOTICE. NCA.
**H4393/25 1.7.25 DW & G CAN LT BUOY DELETED. NOW FOUL (1925). (NORTHERN LT HO BOARD). - NM 1042/25.
**H2595/73 30.3.73 NOT FOUND BY SHIP'S DIVERS. FOUL AREA IN VICINITY. (HMS FOX, DTD 20.12.72). RETAIN AS FOUL. NCA.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**29.5.03 [EUT] POSN: 5500.419N, 0503.402W. NE 1403.
Chart Symbol : F
Date Last Amended : 28/11/2011
Date Position Last Amended : 02/08/2003
