Helios: Upper Firth Of Clyde
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Helios: Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Approximately 2 Miles S Of Toward [point]'; Inner Clyde Estuary; Helios
Canmore ID 220096
Site Number NS16SW 8024
NGR NS 1426 6297
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/220096
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS16SW 8024 unlocated
NLO: Toward Point [name: NS 135 670].
Possibly on map sheet NS16SW.
2 December 1891. HELIOS. 24 years of Norway. Wood barque. 437 ton. 10 men. Master R.O. Bruchard. Owner T. Falck, Stavanger, Norway. Glasgow to Stavanger. Coal. Collided steamship IOLANI of Glasgow. 1 dead. Wind SW5. About 2 miles S of Toward [Point] light.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1891-92 (1893-94 [C.7069] LXXX.711).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1407).
(Classified as wooden barque, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 2 December 1891). Helios: this vessel was in collision and sank approximately 2 miles S of Toward [Point] (Iolani). Capt. Bruchand.
Registration: Norwegian. Built 1867. 437nrt. Length: 39m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 49.75 W4 58.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Toward Point Lighthouse (NS16NW 12.00) is at NS 13623 67226.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 August 2002.
Loss (2 December 1891)
2 December 1891. HELIOS. 24 years of Norway. Wood barque. 437 ton. 10 men. Master R.O. Bruchard. Owner T. Falck, Stavanger, Norway. Glasgow to Stavanger. Coal. Collided steamship IOLANI of Glasgow. 1 dead. Wind SW5. About 2 miles S of Toward [Point] light.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1891-92 (1893-94 [C.7069] LXXX.711).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1407).
(Classified as wooden barque, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 2 December 1891). Helios: this vessel was in collision and sank approximately 2 miles S of Toward [Point] (Iolani). Capt. Bruchand.
Registration: Norwegian. Built 1867. 437nrt. Length: 39m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 49.75 W4 58.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (19 August 2002)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Toward Point Lighthouse (NS16NW 12.00) is at NS 13623 67226.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 August 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4345
Name : HELIOS
Latitude : 554945
Longitude : 45800
Date Built : 1867
Registration : NORWEGIAN
Type : BARQUE (WOOD)
Tonnage : 437
Tonnage Code : N
Length : 39
Beam : 8
Draught : 5m
Loss Day : 2
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1891
Comment : Collision and sunk approx 2 miles S of Toward IOLANI). Capt. Bruchand
Cargo : COAL
