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Charlotte: Firth Of Clyde
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Charlotte: Firth Of Clyde
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Ailsa Craig'; Outer Clyde Estuary; Charlotte
Canmore ID 247174
Site Number NW99SE 8009
NGR NW 98 90
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/247174
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Maritime - South Ayrshire
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NW99SE 8009 unlocated
NLO: Ailsa Craig [name: NX 019 997].
Possibly on map sheets NR90SE, or NW90NE.
Not to be confused with NW 99SE 8004.
Foundered, 12 February 1850. CHARLOTTE of Donegal. Ardrossan to Liverpool, (wrecked at) Ailsa Craig, foundered off. Lloyds List 14 February 1850.
Source: PP British Sessional Papers. Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of UK 1850 and 1851 (1852 (XLIX.503)).
Troon, 13th Feb.. The CHARLOTTE, of Donegal, from Ardrossan to Liverpool, foundered off Ailsa Craig yesterday morning; crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,202, London, Thursday February 14 1850
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 113).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 12 February 1850). Charlotte: this vessel foundered off Ailsa Craig.
Registration: Donegal.
(Location of loss cited as N55 10.0 W5 10.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 July 2003.
Loss (12 February 1850)
Foundered, 12 February 1850. CHARLOTTE of Donegal. Ardrossan to Liverpool, (wrecked at) Ailsa Craig, foundered off. Lloyds List 14 February 1850.
Source: PP British Sessional Papers. Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of UK 1850 and 1851 (1852 (XLIX.503)).
Troon, 13th Feb.. The CHARLOTTE, of Donegal, from Ardrossan to Liverpool, foundered off Ailsa Craig yesterday morning; crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,202, London, Thursday February 14 1850
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 113).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 12 February 1850). Charlotte: this vessel foundered off Ailsa Craig.
Registration: Donegal.
(Location of loss cited as N55 10.0 W5 10.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (22 July 2003)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 July 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12498
Name : CHARLOTTE
Latitude : 551000
Longitude : 51000
Registration : DONEGAL
Loss Day : 12
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1850
Comment : Foundered off Alisa Craig.
