Eclat: Seamill, Firth Of Clyde
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Eclat: Seamill, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sea Mill; Ardrossan; Outer Clyde Estuary; Eclat
Canmore ID 284537
Site Number NS24NW 8004
NGR NS 20 46
NGR Description NS c. 20 46
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/284537
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Maritime - North Ayrshire
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS24NW 8004 c. 20 46
N55 40 W4 52
NLO: Seamill [name: NS 202 467]
Ardrossan [name: NS 230 420].
Possibly on map sheet NS14NE.
Ardrossan, 18 Nov. The ECLAT, (smack), Waymark of and from Swansea for Glasgow, went on shore during the night of the 15th Nov., at Sea Mill [Seamill], and will be a total wreck: part of cargo (tin) saved, the remainder expected to be saved to-day.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 14,237, London, Monday November 21 1859.
Ardrossan, 21st Nov. The ECLAT (sloop), Waymark, from Swansea to Glasgow, which went ashore during the night of 15th Nov., has gone to pieces: a portion of the cargo has been saved, and a good part of the remainder may be recovered.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 14,238, London, Tuesday November 22 1859.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9757).
(Classified as smack, with cargo of tin: date of loss cited as 15 November 1859). Eclat: this vessel stranded at Sea Mill [Seamill], near Ardrossan.
(Location of loss cited as N55 41.33 W4 52.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 November 2006.
Loss (15 November 1859)
Ardrossan, 18 Nov. The ECLAT, (smack), Waymark of and from Swansea for Glasgow, went on shore during the night of the 15th Nov., at Sea Mill [Seamill], and will be a total wreck: part of cargo (tin) saved, the remainder expected to be saved to-day.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 14,237, London, Monday November 21 1859.
Ardrossan, 21st Nov. The ECLAT (sloop), Waymark, from Swansea to Glasgow, which went ashore during the night of 15th Nov., has gone to pieces: a portion of the cargo has been saved, and a good part of the remainder may be recovered.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 14,238, London, Tuesday November 22 1859.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9757).
(Classified as smack, with cargo of tin: date of loss cited as 15 November 1859). Eclat: this vessel stranded at Sea Mill [Seamill], near Ardrossan.
(Location of loss cited as N55 41.33 W4 52.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (17 November 2006)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 November 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5277
Name : ECLAT
Latitude : 554120
Longitude : 45200
Type : SMACK
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1859
Comment : Stranded Sea Mill, near Ardrossan
Cargo : TIN
