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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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Administrative Areas

  • Council North Ayrshire
  • Parish Maritime - North Ayrshire
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

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.

Activities

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

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