Ita: Ashton, West Bay, Gourock, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Lugger (20th Century)
Site Name Ita: Ashton, West Bay, Gourock, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Lugger (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Inner Clyde Estuary; Ita
Canmore ID 220301
Site Number NS27NW 8079
NGR NS 231 771
NGR Description NS c. 231 771
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Maritime - Inverclyde
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS27NW 8079 c. 231 771
N55 57.3 W4 50
NLO: Ashton [name: NS 231 771]
Gourock [name: NS 230 770]
West Bay [name centred NS 234 775].
(Classified as wooden lugsail [lugger], in ballast: date of loss cited as 27 July 1902). Ita: this vessel was wrecked whilst lying on the beach at Ashton. Capt. Parker.
Not registered. 2 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 57.33 W4 50.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. West Bay is a shallow and ill-defined embayment on the W side of Gourock.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 August 2002.
Loss (27 July 1902)
(Classified as wooden lugsail [lugger], in ballast: date of loss cited as 27 July 1902). Ita: this vessel was wrecked whilst lying on the beach at Ashton. Capt. Parker.
Not registered. 2 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 57.33 W4 50.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (22 August 2002)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. West Bay is a shallow and ill-defined embayment on the W side of Gourock.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 August 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4720
Name : ITA
Latitude : 555720
Longitude : 45000
Registration : Not Registered
Type : LUGSAIL (WOOD)
Tonnage : 2
Loss Day : 27
Loss Month : 7
Loss Year : 1902
Comment : Wrecked whilst lying on the beach at Ashton. Capt. Parker
Cargo : BALLAST
