Jane Mcmillan: Meikle Ross, Ross Bay, Kirkcudbright Bay, Solway Firth
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Jane Mcmillan: Meikle Ross, Ross Bay, Kirkcudbright Bay, Solway Firth
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Behind Meikle Ross'; The Sound; Little Ross Island; Jane Mcmillan
Canmore ID 124934
Site Number NX64SE 8006
NGR NX 653 437
NGR Description NX c. 653 437
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Maritime - Dumfries And Galloway
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NX64SE 8006 c. 653 437
N54 46.2 W4 5.6
NLO: Ross Bay [name centred NX 653 446]
The Sound [name centred NX 656 433]
Meikle Ross [name: NX 653 437]
Little Ross [name: NX 660 432]
Kirkcudbright Bay [name centred NX 655 455].
Possibly on map sheet NX64SW.
Location formerly entered as NX 6530 4460 (N54 46.6 W4 5.6) and NX c. 653 446 [N54 46.7 W4 5.7].
Formerly entered as NX64SE 8076 at cited location NX c. 656 433 [N54 46.0 W4 5.4].
29 January 1895, JANE McMILLAN, 13 years, of Ardrossan. Wood smack. 34 ton. 3 men. Master J. Palmer. Owner T. Bailie, Portaferry, Co. Down. Whitehaven to Portaferry. Coal. Wind SSW6. Little Ross island {Meikle Ross], Kirkcudbrightshire.
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. 1090).
(Classified as wooden smack, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 29 January 1895). Jane McMillan: this vessel stranded behind Meikle Ross. Capt. Palmer.
Registration: Ardrossan. Built 1882. 34 tons (unspecified).
(Location of loss cited as N54 46.00 W4 5.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Meikle Ross lies on the W side of the entrance to Kirkcudbright Bay, with The Sound behind it (to the W).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 October 2009.
Loss (29 January 1895)
29 January 1895, JANE McMILLAN, 13 years, of Ardrossan. Wood smack. 34 ton. 3 men. Master J. Palmer. Owner T. Bailie, Portaferry, Co. Down. Whitehaven to Portaferry. Coal. Wind SSW6. Little Ross island {Meikle Ross], Kirkcudbrightshire.
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. 1090).
(Classified as wooden smack, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 29 January 1895). Jane McMillan: this vessel stranded behind Meikle Ross. Capt. Palmer.
Registration: Ardrossan. Built 1882. 34 tons (unspecified).
(Location of loss cited as N54 46.00 W4 5.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (1 October 2009)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Meikle Ross lies on the W side of the entrance to Kirkcudbright Bay, with The Sound behind it (to the W).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 October 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4283
Name : JANE McMILLAN
Latitude : 544600
Longitude : 40500
Date Built : 1882
Registration : ARDROSSAN
Type : SMACK (WOOD)
Tonnage : 34
Loss Day : 29
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1895
Comment : Stranded behind Meikle Ross. Capt. Palmer
Cargo : COAL
