Essex: Kildonan, Arran, Firth Of Clyde
Brigantine (20th Century)
Site Name Essex: Kildonan, Arran, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Brigantine (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Outer Clyde Estuary; Essex
Canmore ID 112473
Site Number NS02SW 8003
NGR NS 036 207
NGR Description NS c. 036 207
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
NS02SW 8003 c. 036 207
N55 26.4 W5 6.3
NLO: Kildonan [name centred: NS 028 211].
Location formerly entered as NS 0381 2014 (N55 26.15 W5 06.08).
(Classified as wooden brigantine, in ballast: date of loss cited as 21 January 1903). Essex: this vessel stranded at Kildonan. Capt. Skillen.
Registration: Coleraine. Built 1866. 208nrt. Length: 33m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 26.50 W5 6.25).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Material reported under RoW amnesty (2001):
A2530 deadeye and chain plate: from seabed.
NMRS, MS/829/35.
NS 036 207 Site identified as part of a coastal zone assessment survey.
M Cressey and S Badger 2005.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Kildonan Farm (NS02SW 52) lies inland, at NS 03665 21300.
No accurate location is available for the recorded finds, and there is apparently no detailed description of the wreck remains.
The equation of these remains with the recorded loss of the Essex remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 July 2010.
Loss (21 January 1903)
(Classified as wooden brigantine, in ballast: date of loss cited as 21 January 1903). Essex: this vessel stranded at Kildonan. Capt. Skillen.
Registration: Coleraine. Built 1866. 208nrt. Length: 33m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 26.50 W5 6.25).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Evidence Of Loss (2001)
Material reported under RoW amnesty (2001):
A2530 deadeye and chain plate: from seabed.
NMRS, MS/829/35.
External Reference (2005)
NS 036 207 Site identified as part of a coastal zone assessment survey.
M Cressey and S Badger 2005.
Note (13 July 2010)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Kildonan Farm (NS02SW 52) lies inland, at NS 03665 21300.
No accurate location is available for the recorded finds, and there is apparently no detailed description of the wreck remains.
The equation of these remains with the recorded loss of the Essex remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 July 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4763
Name : ESSEX
Latitude : 552630
Longitude : 50615
Date Built : 1866
Registration : COLERAINE
Type : BRIGANTINE (WOOD)
Tonnage : 208
Tonnage Code : N
Length : 33
Beam : 8
Draught : 4m
Loss Day : 21
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1903
Comment : Stranded at Kildonan. Capt. Skillen
Cargo : BALLAST
