Ellida: Clauchlands Point, Arran, Firth Of Clyde

10 December 1890. ELLIDA. 51 years of Norway. Wood barque. 537 ton. 11 men. Master A. Bügge. Owner E.T. Nielsen, Aasgaardstrand, Norway. Glasgow to Tonsberg. Ballast. Wind ESE 4. Hamilton Rock, Lamlash, Arran.

Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1890-91 (1892 [C.6717] LXXI.495).

NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1445).

(Classified as wooden barque, in ballast: date of loss cited as 10 December 1890). Elida: this vessel stranded [on] Hamilton Rock, Lamlash. Capt. Bugge.

Registration: Horten. Built 1839. 537nrt. Length: 37m. Beam: 9m.

(Location of loss cited as N55 33.00 W5 45.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.

ELLIDA. Wood on iron frames. The wreck lies in 12 metres depth, about 1/2 mile N of Clauchlands Point. Two white rocks are visible on shore. Dive off the southern, square column like one. Swim over rocks and follow the sand/rock boundary to an anchor chain. Follow the chain, at right angles to the shore, to the wreck. Iron frames stand about 3 to 4 feet proud of the seabed which is silt with rocks. Items of rigging and other fitments can be seen.

Source: Butland & Siedlecki, BSAC Wreck Register 1987.

Quality of fix = PA

Evidence = Divers Report

Horizontal Datum = OGB

General water depth = 12

Surveying Details

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4 November 1982. The wreck of the barque ELLIDA lies in depths of 9 to 12 metres about 0.5 miles NW of Clauchlands Point at approximately 55 33 25N, 005 05 06W. The vessel is very broken up. Iron frames stand 1-1.2 metres above seabed. Many items of rigging and other artifacts lie around. An anchor cable is laid out towards the shore.

Source: BSAC Wreck Register.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.

Material reported under RoW amnesty (2001):

A2431 1 pulley sheave, 1 double block: from seabed

A4041 1 copper nail, 2 pieces wood: from seabed.

NMRS, MS/829/35.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Hamilton Rock is not noted as such on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but is is presumably to be equated with the Hamilton Isle, which is situated just off Clauchlands Point, within the N side of the N entrance to Lamlash Bay.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 November 2003.

Whittaker ID : 4064

Name : ELIDA

Latitude : 553300

Longitude : 50500

Date Built : 1839

Registration : HORTEN

Type : BARQUE (WOOD)

Tonnage : 537

Tonnage Code : N

Length : 37

Beam : 9

Draught : 6m

Loss Day : 10

Loss Month : 12

Loss Year : 1890

Comment : Stranded Hamilton Rock, Lamlash. Capt. Bugge

Cargo : BALLAST

UKHO Identifier : 004003

Feature Class : Wreck

Wreck Category : Distributed remains of wreck

State : LIVE

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 55.55694,-5.08500

Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.55691,-5.08614

WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)

Position Quality : Unreliable

Depth Quality : Depth unknown

Water Depth : 15

Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide

Name : ELLIDA

Type : BARQUE

Flag : NORWEGIAN

Length : 37.0

Beam : 9.0

Draught : 6.2

Tonnage : 537

Tonnage Type : Net

Date Sunk : 10/12/1890

Bottom Texture : Sand

Contact Description : Partial wreck

Original Sensor : Diver Sighting

Original Detection Year : 1982

Original Source : Divers

Circumstances of Loss : **VESSEL, BUILT 1839, STRANDED IN FOG ON HAMILTON ROCK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY E.T. NIELSEN, ANSGAARDSTRAND. ON PASSAGE GLASGOW TO TONSBERG, NORWAY. (SIBI, CLYDE SHIPWRECKS & OFF SCOTLAND)

Surveying Details : **4.11.82 LIES IN DEPTHS 30-40FT ABOUT 0.5M NW OF CLAUCHLANDS PT IN APPROX 553325N, 050506W [OGB]. VERY BROKEN UP, IRON FRAMES STAND 3-4FT ABOVE SEABED. MANY ITEMS OF RIGGING & OTHER ARTIFACTS. ANCHOR CABLE IS LAID OUT TOWARDS THE SHORE. (BSAC WK REGISTER). NCA YET, POSN FOR FILING ONLY.

POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE

**19.1.04 LIES CLOSE INSHORE OFF A NARROW ROCKY SHORELINE, BACKED BY 50MTRS HIGH CLIFFS. WK LIES ON A SAND SLOPE IN GEN DEPTHS 12-18MTRS. ONLY REMAINS ARE PARTS OF MAIN FRAMES, DECK BEAMS, HULL AND BALLAST STONES. (CLYDE SHIPWRECKS, PUBLISHED 1997)

General Comments : VERY BROKEN UP

Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY

Date Last Amended : 27/02/1999

The Ellida is recorded as having been built in America (Moir and Crawford, 2004: 98)

Information from Sally Evans (Cotswold Archaeology), 28/11/2014.

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