Marion And Nancy: Firth Of Clyde
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Marion And Nancy: Firth Of Clyde
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Marion & Nancy; 'near Ardrossan'; Outer Clyde Estuary
Canmore ID 285945
Site Number NS24SW 8077
NGR NS 22 41
NGR Description NS c. 22 41
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
NS24SW 8077 c. 22 41
N55 38 W4 50
NLO: Ardrossan [name: NS 235 425].
Ardrossan, 14th Dec. The MARION & NANCY (smack), of and for this port, from Oban, with timber, went ashore yesterday and will be a total wreck.
Source: LL, No. 16,437, London, Monday, December 17 1866.
Ardrossan, 15th Dec. The MARION & NANCY, McArthur, stranded on the rocks here yesterday, has knocked out her bottom and driven higher up: cargo landed.
Source: LL, No. 16,437, London, Monday, December 17 1866.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11140).
(Classified as wooden smack: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 11 December 1866). Marion & Nancy: this vessel stranded near Ardrossan. Capt. McArthur.
Registration: Ardrossan. Built 1862. 17grt,. Length: 11m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 38.5 W4 49.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 January 2007.
Loss (11 December 1866)
Ardrossan, 14th Dec. The MARION & NANCY (smack), of and for this port, from Oban, with timber, went ashore yesterday and will be a total wreck.
Source: LL, No. 16,437, London, Monday, December 17 1866.
Ardrossan, 15th Dec. The MARION & NANCY, McArthur, stranded on the rocks here yesterday, has knocked out her bottom and driven higher up: cargo landed.
Source: LL, No. 16,437, London, Monday, December 17 1866.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11140).
(Classified as wooden smack: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 11 December 1866). Marion & Nancy: this vessel stranded near Ardrossan. Capt. McArthur.
Registration: Ardrossan. Built 1862. 17grt,. Length: 11m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 38.5 W4 49.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (24 January 2007)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 January 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11744
Name : MARION & NANCY
Latitude : 553830
Longitude : 44900
Date Built : 1862
Registration : ARDROSSAN
Type : SMACK (WOOD)
Tonnage : 17
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 11
Beam : 4
Loss Day : 11
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1866
Comment : Stranded near Ardrossan. Capt. McArthur
