Industry: River Clyde
Gabbart (19th Century)
Site Name Industry: River Clyde
Classification Gabbart (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Port Glasgow'; Upper Firth Of Clyde; Inner Clyde Estuary; Industry
Canmore ID 301647
Site Number NS37SW 8016
NGR NS 32 74
NGR Description NS c. 32 74
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/301647
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Maritime - Inverclyde
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS37SW 8016 c. 32 74
N55 56 W4 41
NLO: Port Glasgow [name centred NS 327 727].
Possibly on map sheet and/or within Maritime - Argyll and Bute.
(Classified as gabbart: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 6 March 1827). Industry: this vessel sank off Port Glasgow.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1792. 53 tons burthern. Length: 15m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 57.00 W4 40.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area that is designated as Maritime - Argyll and Bute.
The cause of the loss of this vessel remains unclear.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 December 2009.
Loss (6 March 1827)
(Classified as gabbart: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 6 March 1827). Industry: this vessel sank off Port Glasgow.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1792. 53 tons burthern. Length: 15m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 57.00 W4 40.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (17 December 2009)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area that is designated as Maritime - Argyll and Bute.
The cause of the loss of this vessel remains unclear.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 December 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 15668
Name : INDUSTRY
Latitude : 555700
Longitude : 44000
Date Built : 1792
Registration : GLASGOW
Type : GABBART
Tonnage : 53
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 15
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1827
Comment : Sank off Port Glasgow.
