Mars: Gogo Water, Largs Bay, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Paddle Steamer (19th Century)
Site Name Mars: Gogo Water, Largs Bay, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Paddle Steamer (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Largs'; Gogo Burn; Inner Clyde Estuary; Mars
Canmore ID 112345
Site Number NS25NW 8025
NGR NS 201 590
NGR Description NS c. 201 590
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
NS25NW 8025 c. 201 590
N55 47.4 W4 52.2
NLO: Largs Bay [name centred NS 199 599]
Largs [name: NS 202 595].
Formerly entered as NS25NW 8001 at cited location NS 2117 5834 (N55 47.11 W4 51.13), and also as NS15NE 8006 at cited location NS c. 19 59 [N55 47 W4 53].
Greenock, 13th Apl. The MARS, (s.) which plied between this place and Millport, was totally wrecked near Largs, on the 11th Apl.: crew, passengers, and a quantity of goods saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 12,807, London, Monday April 16 1855.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9120).
(Classified as paddle steamer).
P Moir and I Crawford 1988.
(Classified as iron steamship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 10 April 1855). Mars: this vessel stranded at Gogo Burn, South of Largs.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1845. 79 tons burthen. Length: 41m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 47.5 W4 52.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The location of Gogo Burn cannot be established from the available map evidence.
The classification cited by Moir and Crawford remains unverified, but is accepted.
The date of loss cited by Whittaker differs from that cited in the primary account; the latter is preferred.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 November 2001.
(Re-entered as NS25NW 8025 at cited location NS c. 201 590). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Per contra the above, the Gogo Water ('Gogo Burn') enters the Firth of Clyde at NS 201 590, to the S of the centre of Largs.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 February 2010.
Loss (11 April 1855)
Greenock, 13th Apl. The MARS, (s.) which plied between this place and Millport, was totally wrecked near Largs, on the 11th Apl.: crew, passengers, and a quantity of goods saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 12,807, London, Monday April 16 1855.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9120).
(Classified as paddle steamer).
P Moir and I Crawford 1988.
(Classified as iron steamship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 10 April 1855). Mars: this vessel stranded at Gogo Burn, South of Largs.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1845. 79 tons burthen. Length: 41m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 47.5 W4 52.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (29 November 2001)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The location of Gogo Burn cannot be established from the available map evidence.
The classification cited by Moir and Crawford remains unverified, but is accepted.
The date of loss cited by Whittaker differs from that cited in the primary account; the latter is preferred.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 November 2001.
Note (10 February 2010)
(Re-entered as NS25NW 8025 at cited location NS c. 201 590). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Per contra the above, the Gogo Water ('Gogo Burn') enters the Firth of Clyde at NS 201 590, to the S of the centre of Largs.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 February 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5407
Name : MARS
Latitude : 554730
Longitude : 45200
Date Built : 1845
Registration : GLASGOW
Type : SS (IRON)
Tonnage : 79
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 41
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 10
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1855
Comment : Stranded at Gogo Burn, south of Largs.
