Catherine: Lochranza, Arran, Kilbrannan Sound, Firth Of Clyde
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Catherine: Lochranza, Arran, Kilbrannan Sound, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Ranza; Lochranna; Titchfield Row; Outer Clyde Estuary
Canmore ID 247497
Site Number NR95SW 8001
NGR NR 93 51
NGR Description NR c. 93 51
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Maritime - North Ayrshire
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR95SW 8001 c. 93 50
N55 42 W5 18
NLO: Lochranza [name: NR 935 504]
Loch Ranza [name centred NR 932 510]
Kilbrannan Sound [name centred NR 83 40].
Possibly on map sheet NR94NW.
W CATHERINE of Lochranna [Lochranza], Smack, Ayr to Arran, coal, Greenock, ?, wrecked on the rock near. Lloyds List 5 October 1850.
Source: PP British Sessional Papers. Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of UK 1850 and 1851 (1852 (XLIX.503)).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 168).
(Classified as smack: date of loss cited as 25 September 1850). This vessel was wrecked on rocks near Titchfield Row.
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. That of Titchfield Row cannot be established from the available map evidence, but there is a Titchfield Road in Troon.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 July 2003.
