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Restless: Horse Island, Firth Of Clyde
Steamship (19th Century)
Site Name Restless: Horse Island, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Steamship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ardrossan; Kilchattan Bay; Outer Clyde Estuary; Restless
Canmore ID 112384
Site Number NS24SW 8007
NGR NS 213 427
NGR Description NS c. 213 427
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/112384
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Maritime - North Ayrshire
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS24SW 8007 8001 c. 213 427
N55 38.7 W4 50.4
NLO: Horse Island [name: NS 213 427]
Kilchattan Bay [name: NS 106 555]
Ardrossan [name: NS 230 420].
Location formerly cited as NS 2164 4168 (N55 38.1 W4 50.03).
Glasgow, 24th Feb. The RESTLESS (s. tug), from Greenock to Ardrossan, with 9 seamen of the ANN GRAY, lying at that port, on board, got ashore on Horse Isle 21st Feb., and went to pieces: no lives lost.
Source: LL, No. 14,942, London, Tuesday, February 25 1862.
Glasgow, 25th Feb. Several pieces of wreck and a seaman's chest were washed on shore at Kilchattan Bay, Island of Bute, on the 21st Feb., supposed to have belonged to the RESTLESS (steam tug), from Greenock to Ardrossan, which was wrecked on Horse Island 21st Feb.
Source: LL, No. 14,944, London, Thursday, February 27 1862.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10200).
(Classified as wooden, paddle steamship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 21 February 1862). Restless: this vessel was wrecked on Horse Island.
Registration: Greenock. Built 1851. 19 tons burthern. Length: 23m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 38.75 W4 50.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 February 2007.
Loss (21 February 1862)
Glasgow, 24th Feb. The RESTLESS (s. tug), from Greenock to Ardrossan, with 9 seamen of the ANN GRAY, lying at that port, on board, got ashore on Horse Isle 21st Feb., and went to pieces: no lives lost.
Source: LL, No. 14,942, London, Tuesday, February 25 1862.
Glasgow, 25th Feb. Several pieces of wreck and a seaman's chest were washed on shore at Kilchattan Bay, Island of Bute, on the 21st Feb., supposed to have belonged to the RESTLESS (steam tug), from Greenock to Ardrossan, which was wrecked on Horse Island 21st Feb.
Source: LL, No. 14,944, London, Thursday, February 27 1862.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10200).
(Classified as wooden, paddle steamship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 21 February 1862). Restless: this vessel was wrecked on Horse Island.
Registration: Greenock. Built 1851. 19 tons burthern. Length: 23m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 38.75 W4 50.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (22 February 2007)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 February 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 7100
Name : RESTLESS
Latitude : 553845
Longitude : 45030
Date Built : 1851
Registration : GREENOCK
Type : SS (WOOD)(PADD)
Tonnage : 19
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 23
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 21
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1862
Comment : Wrecked on Horse Island.
