Moira: Firth Of Clyde
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Moira: Firth Of Clyde
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Ayr Harbour'; Outer Clyde Estuary; Moira
Canmore ID 218750
Site Number NS32SW 8027
NGR NS 32 22
NGR Description NS c. 32 22
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Maritime - South Ayrshire
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS32SW 8027 c. 32 22
N55 28 W4 40
NLO: Ayr [name: NS 335 223].
Location formerly entered as NS c. 329 227 [N55 28.2 W4 38.6].
Ayr, 7th Jan. 'The MOIRA, Walker, from Bangor to Glasgow (which had been driven out of Lamlash, after cutting away her mast) drove on shore in this harbor, and is expected to go to pieces; crew saved by the Life Boat.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7753, London, Friday January 11 1839.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7382).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 6 January 1839). Moira: this vessel stranded near Ayr Harbour, [and was] expected [to become a] wreck.
(Location of loss cited as N55 27.0 W4 37.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Ayr harbour (NS32SW 123.00) is centred at NS 32930 22754.
The date of loss cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 February 2007.
Loss (6 January 1839)
Ayr, 7th Jan. 'The MOIRA, Walker, from Bangor to Glasgow (which had been driven out of Lamlash, after cutting away her mast) drove on shore in this harbor, and is expected to go to pieces; crew saved by the Life Boat.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7753, London, Friday January 11 1839.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7382).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 6 January 1839). Moira: this vessel stranded near Ayr Harbour, [and was] expected [to become a] wreck.
(Location of loss cited as N55 27.00 W4 37.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (2 February 2007)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Ayr harbour (NS32SW 123.00) is centred at NS 32930 22754.
The date of loss cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 February 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14369
Name : MOIRA
Latitude : 552700
Longitude : 43700
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1839
Comment : Stranded near Ayr Harbour, expected wreck
