Vale Of Leven: River Clyde
Gabbart (19th Century)
Site Name Vale Of Leven: River Clyde
Classification Gabbart (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'In The Clyde'; Vale Of Leven
Canmore ID 301684
Site Number NS47SW 8027
NGR NS 43 73
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/301684
- Council West Dunbartonshire
- Parish Old Kilpatrick (Clydebank)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydebank
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS47SW 8027 unlocated
Possibly within Maritime - Renfrewshire.
(Classified as gabbart: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as February 1889). Vale of Leven: this vessel stranded in the [River] Clyde. All gone and broken up at Greenock.
Registration: Port Glasgow. Built 1837. 30 tons burthern. Length: 19m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 56.00 W4 30.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area that is designated Maritime - Renfrewshire.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 December 2009.
Loss (1 February 1889 - 28 February 1889)
(Classified as gabbart: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as February 1889). Vale of Leven: this vessel stranded in the [River] Clyde. All gone and broken up at Greenock.
Registration: Port Glasgow. Built 1837. 30 tons burthern. Length: 19m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 56.00 W4 30.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (22 December 2009)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area that is designated Maritime - Renfrewshire.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 December 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 15970
Name : VALE OF LEVEN
Latitude : 555600
Longitude : 43000
Date Built : 1837
Registration : PORT GLASGOW
Type : GABBART
Tonnage : 30
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 19
Beam : 4
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1889
Comment : Stranded in the Clyde. AG and BU at Greenock.
