Glasgow: Louther Skerry, Pentland Skerries, Pentland Firth
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow: Louther Skerry, Pentland Skerries, Pentland Firth
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Loather Rock; Lother Rock; Louther Rock; North Sea; Glasgow
Canmore ID 221387
Site Number ND47NE 8007
NGR ND 479 772
NGR Description ND c. 479 772
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND47NE 8007 c. 479 772
N58 40.8 W2 53.9
NLO: Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81]
Pentland Skerries [name centred ND 470 775]
Louther Skerry [name: ND 479 772].
Glasgow, 4th Sept. 'A brig, supposed to be the GLASGOW of Rothsay [Rothesay], struck upon the Loather Rock [Louther Skerry] in the Pentland Firth 27th ult., and sunk in eight fathoms water. Crew saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6253, London, Friday September 7 1827.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6575).
(Classified as brig: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 27 August 1827). Glasgow: this vessel struck Louther Rock [Louther Skerry] and sank in 8 fathoms [16m].
Registration: Rothesay. Built 1818. 104 tons burthern. Length: 19m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 40. 8 W2 55.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The inclusion of this wreck by Larn and Larn within their section DC ('North-east Scotland') is anomalous. The Pentland Skerries fall within the administrative area of Orkney, and this wreck is assigned accordingly to the quasi-administrative area of Maritime - Orkney.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 September 2002.
R and B Larn 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14020
Name : GLASGOW
Latitude : 584048
Longitude : 25500
Date Built : 1818
Registration : ROTHESAY
Type : BRIG
Tonnage : 104
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 19
Beam : 6
Loss Day : 27
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1827
Comment : Struck Louther Rock and sank in 8 fathoms.
