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Telegraph: Helensburgh Pier, Gare Loch, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Steamship (19th Century)
Site Name Telegraph: Helensburgh Pier, Gare Loch, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Steamship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Inner Clyde Estuary; Telegraph
Canmore ID 297105
Site Number NS28SE 8052
NGR NS 293 820
NGR Description NS c. 293 820
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/297105
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS28SE 8052 c. 293 820
N56 0 W4 44.3
NLO: Helensburgh [name: NS 295 825]
Gare Loch [name centred NS 24 85].
Possibly on map sheet NS27NE.
(Classified as steamship, carrying passengers: date of loss cited as 21 March 1842). Telegraph: this vessel was destroyed in a boiler explosion at Helensburgh Pier. Capt. Ewing.
Registration: British. Length: 100 tons [unspecified]. Length: 36m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 0.08 W4 44.25).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Helensburgh Pier (NS28SE 43) is at NS 2938 8203.
The remains of the vessel were presumably removed without delay from the area around the pier.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 November 2008.
Loss (21 March 1842)
(Classified as steamship, carrying passengers: date of loss cited as 21 March 1842). Telegraph: this vessel was destroyed in a boiler explosion at Helensburgh Pier. Capt. Ewing.
Registration: British. Length: 100 tons [unspecified]. Length: 36m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 0.08 W4 44.25).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (24 November 2008)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Helensburgh Pier (NS28SE 43) is at NS 2938 8203.
The remains of the vessel were presumably removed without delay from the area around the pier.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 November 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 703
Name : TELEGRAPH
Latitude : 560005
Longitude : 44415
Registration : BRITISH
Type : SS
Tonnage : 100
Length : 36
Loss Day : 21
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1842
Comment : Destroyed in boiler explosion at Helensburgh Pier. Capt. Ewing
Cargo : PASSENGERS
