Invergowrie: Tail Of The Bank, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Steam Lighter (20th Century)
Site Name Invergowrie: Tail Of The Bank, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Steam Lighter (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'On The Edge Of Greenock Bank'; River Clyde; Inner Clyde Estuary; Invergowrie
Canmore ID 301496
Site Number NS27NE 8166
NGR NS 282 771
NGR Description NS c. 282 771
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Maritime - Inverclyde
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS27NE 8166 c. 282 771
N55 57.4 W4 45.1
NLO: Greenock [name: NS 280 765].
(Classified as iron steam lighter, with cargo of sand: date of loss cited as 23 October 1939). Invergowrie: this vessel [suffered an] explosion and sank on the edge of Greenock Bank [Tail of the Bank], off Greenock.
Registration: Greenock. Built 1883. 72grt. Length: 20m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 58.00 W4 44.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, the 'edge of Greenock Bank, off Greenock' being equated with the Tail of the Bank, which the UKHO chart (no. 1994, published 1974, revised 1994) notes to the E of the outer end of the defined channel of the River Clyde, off the Clydeport Ocean Terminal, Greenock. The name is centred at N55 57.4 W4 45.1 [NS 282 771].
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 December 2009.
Loss (23 October 1939)
(Classified as iron steam lighter, with cargo of sand: date of loss cited as 23 October 1939). Invergowrie: this vessel [suffered an] explosion and sank on the edge of Greenock Bank [Tail of the Bank], off Greenock.
Registration: Greenock. Built 1883. 72grt. Length: 20m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 58.00 W4 44.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (9 December 2009)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, the 'edge of Greenock Bank, off Greenock' being equated with the Tail of the Bank, which the UKHO chart (no. 1994, published 1974, revised 1994) notes to the E of the outer end of the defined channel of the River Clyde, off the Clydeport Ocean Terminal, Greenock. The name is centred at N55 57.4 W4 45.1 [NS 282 771].
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 December 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1664
Name : INVERGOWRIE
Latitude : 555800
Longitude : 44400
Date Built : 1883
Registration : GREENOCK
Type : STEAM LIGHTER (IRON)
Tonnage : 72
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 20
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 23
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1939
Comment : Explosion and sank on the edge of Greenock Bank, off Greenock.
Cargo : SAND