Loven: Horse Island, Firth Of Clyde
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Loven: Horse Island, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ardrossan; Outer Clyde Estuary; Loven
Canmore ID 112341
Site Number NS24SW 8003
NGR NS 213 427
NGR Description NS c. 213 427
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Maritime - North Ayrshire
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS24SW 8003 c. 213 427
N55 38.7 W4 50.4
NLO: Horse Island [name: NS 213 427]
Ardrossan [name: NS 230 420].
Location formerly entered as NS 2164 4168 (N55 38.1 W4 50.03).
22 December 1894, LOVEN, 39 years, of Norway. Wood brig. 256 ton. 8 men. Master Melsom. Owner E. Roer, Christiania, Norway. Ardrossan to Christiania [Oslo]. Coal. 5 dead. Wind NW11. Horse Island, off Ardrossan.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1894-95 (1896 [C.8247] LXXV.489).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1071).
(Classified as wooden brig, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 22 December 1894). Loven: this vessel stranded on the E side of Horse Island. Capt. Melsom.
Registration: Norwegian. Built 1855. 256 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 38.75 W4 50.30).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 January 2006.
Loss (22 December 1894)
22 December 1894, LOVEN, 39 years, of Norway. Wood brig. 256 ton. 8 men. Master Melsom. Owner E. Roer, Christiania, Norway. Ardrossan to Christiania [Oslo]. Coal. 5 dead. Wind NW11. Horse Island, off Ardrossan.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1894-95 (1896 [C.8247] LXXV.489).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1071).
(Classified as wooden brig, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 22 December 1894). Loven: this vessel stranded on the E side of Horse Island. Capt. Melsom.
Registration: Norwegian. Built 1855. 256 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 38.75 W4 50.30).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (5 January 2006)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 January 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4255
Name : LOVEN
Latitude : 553845
Longitude : 45018
Date Built : 1855
Registration : NORWEGIAN
Type : BRIG (WOOD)
Tonnage : 256
Loss Day : 22
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1894
Comment : Stranded Horse Island, east side. Capt. Melsom
Cargo : COAL