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Coronella: Port Ronnald, South Bay, Troon, Firth Of Clyde
Brigantine (19th Century)
Site Name Coronella: Port Ronnald, South Bay, Troon, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Brigantine (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Black Rocks; Port Donald; Port Ronald; Outer Clyde Estuary; Coronella
Canmore ID 113249
Site Number NS33SW 8001
NGR NS 310 310
NGR Description NS c. 310 310
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/113249
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Maritime - South Ayrshire
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS33SW 8001 c. 31 30
N55 32.6 W4 40.7
NLO: Port Ronnald [name: NS 310 310]
Troon [name: NS 315 310]
South Bay [name: NS 313 302].
Formerly entered as NS23SE 8001 at cited location NS 2918 3227 (N55 33 W4 42.5).
22 December 1894, CORONELLA, 32 years, of Dublin. Wood brigantine. 108 ton. 6 men. Master and owner C. Davey, Hele Bridge, Stratton, Cornwall. Glasgow to Dingle, Co. Kerry. Coal. Wind W11. South Bay, Troon.
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. 1063).
(Classified as wooden brig, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 22 December 1894). Coronella; this vessel stranded [in] South Bay, Troon, near Port Ronald [Ronnald]. (Brigantine?) Capt. Davey.
Registration: Dublin. Built 1862. 108nrt. Length: 27m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 32.25 W4 40.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from that ('near Port Ronald') cited by Whittaker. This remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 May 2010.
Loss (22 December 1894)
22 December 1894, CORONELLA, 32 years, of Dublin. Wood brigantine. 108 ton. 6 men. Master and owner C. Davey, Hele Bridge, Stratton, Cornwall. Glasgow to Dingle, Co. Kerry. Coal. Wind W11. South Bay, Troon.
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. 1063).
(Classified as wooden brig, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 22 December 1894). Coronella; this vessel stranded [in] South Bay, Troon, near Port Ronald [Ronnald]. (Brigantine?) Capt. Davey.
Registration: Dublin. Built 1862. 108nrt. Length: 27m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 32.25 W4 40.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (14 May 2010)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from that ('near Port Ronald') cited by Whittaker. This remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 May 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4247
Name : CORONELLA
Latitude : 553215
Longitude : 44000
Date Built : 1862
Registration : DUBLIN
Type : BRIG (WOOD)
Tonnage : 108
Tonnage Code : N
Length : 27
Beam : 7
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 22
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1894
Comment : Stranded South Bay, Troon near Port Ronald (BRIGANTINE ?). Capt. Davey
Cargo : COAL
