Slaney: Ardeer, Irvine Bay, Firth Of Clyde
Dredger (20th Century)
Site Name Slaney: Ardeer, Irvine Bay, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Dredger (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) '500 Yards North Of Irvine'; Outer Clyde Estuary; Slaney
Canmore ID 303246
Site Number NS23NE 8016
NGR NS 298 383
NGR Description NS c. 298 383
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
NS23NE 8016 c. 298 383
N55 36.5 W4 42.1
NLO: Irvine [name: NS 325 395]
Irvine Bay [name: NS 295 378].
Possibly on map sheet NS33NW.
(Classified as sand dredger: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 10 August 1935). Slaney: this vessel stranded 500 yards North of Irvine. All gone, and broken up at Troon.
Registration: British. Built 1896. 264grt.
(Location of loss cited as N55 36.70 W4 42.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
A location at NS c. 298 383 (on the seaward or W side of the Ardeer spit) may be tentatively suggested for this stranding.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 April 2010.
Loss (10 August 1935)
(Classified as sand dredger: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 10 August 1935). Slaney: this vessel stranded 500 yards North of Irvine. All gone, and broken up at Troon.
Registration: British. Built 1896. 264grt.
(Location of loss cited as N55 36.70 W4 42.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (9 April 2010)
A location at NS c. 298 383 (on the seaward or W side of the Ardeer spit) may be tentatively suggested for this stranding.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 April 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14982
Name : SLANEY
Latitude : 553642
Longitude : 44230
Date Built : 1896
Registration : BRITISH
Type : SAND DREDGER
Tonnage : 264
Tonnage Code : G
Loss Day : 10
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1935
Comment : Stranded 500 yards north of Irvine. AG and BU at Troon.
