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Elizabeth Mcclure: Hamilton Isle, Arran, Firth Of Clyde

Schooner (19th Century)

Site Name Elizabeth Mcclure: Hamilton Isle, Arran, Firth Of Clyde

Classification Schooner (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Hamilton Point; Hamilton Rock; Clauchlands Point; Lamlash Bay; Outer Clyde Estuary; Elizabeth Mcclure

Canmore ID 112892

Site Number NS03SE 8008

NGR NS 057 327

NGR Description NS c. 057 327

Datum Datum not recorded

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Administrative Areas

  • Council North Ayrshire
  • Parish Maritime - North Ayrshire
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NS03SE 8008 c. 057 327

N55 33 W5 4.8

NLO: Hamilton Isle [name: NS 057 327]

Clauchlands Point [name: NS 056 327]

Lamlash Bay [name centred NS 038 307].

Formerly entered as NS03SE 9417 at cited location NS 0545 3118 (N55 32.13 W5 5).

See also NS03SE 8025.

13 October 1891. ELIZABETH McCLURE. 43 years of Belfast. Wood schooner. 58 ton. 3 men. Master R. Brown. Owner M. Howden, Larne, Co. Antrim. Irvine to Larne. Coal. Wind SW11. Hamilton Rock, Lamlash Bay, Arran.

Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1891-92 (1893-94 [C.7069] LXXX.711).

NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1363).

(Remains noted just N of Hamilton Rock: 10m long).

G Ridley 1984.

(Classified as wooden schooner, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 13 October 1891). Elizabeth McClure: this vessel stranded on Hamilton Rock. Capt. Brown.

Registration: Belfast. Built 1848. 58 tons (unspecified).

(Location of loss cited as N55 33.00 W5 5.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Hamilton Rock is evidently to be equated with Hamilton Isle, which is situated just off Clauchlands Point, within the N side of the N entrance to Lamlash Bay.

This loss is possibly to be identified with that identified as the Elizabeth, for which see NS03SE 8025.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 November 2003.

NS 056 329 Site identified as part of a coastal zone assessment survey.

M Cressey and S Badger 2005.

Activities

Loss (13 October 1891)

13 October 1891. ELIZABETH McCLURE. 43 years of Belfast. Wood schooner. 58 ton. 3 men. Master R. Brown. Owner M. Howden, Larne, Co. Antrim. Irvine to Larne. Coal. Wind SW11. Hamilton Rock, Lamlash Bay, Arran.

Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1891-92 (1893-94 [C.7069] LXXX.711).

NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1363).

(Classified as wooden schooner, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 13 October 1891). Elizabeth McClure: this vessel stranded on Hamilton Rock. Capt. Brown.

Registration: Belfast. Built 1848. 58 tons (unspecified).

(Location of loss cited as N55 33.00 W5 5.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Evidence Of Loss (1984)

(Remains noted just N of Hamilton Rock: 10m long).

G Ridley 1984.

Note (12 November 2003)

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Hamilton Rock is evidently to be equated with Hamilton Isle, which is situated just off Clauchlands Point, within the N side of the N entrance to Lamlash Bay.

This loss is possibly to be identified with that identified as the Elizabeth, for which see NS03SE 8025.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 November 2003.

External Reference (2005)

NS 056 329 Site identified as part of a coastal zone assessment survey.

M Cressey and S Badger 2005.

NMRS, MS/4040.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 4222

Name : ELIZABETH McCLURE

Latitude : 553300

Longitude : 50500

Date Built : 1848

Registration : BELFAST

Type : SCHOONER (WOOD)

Tonnage : 58

Loss Day : 13

Loss Month : 10

Loss Year : 1891

Comment : Stranded Hamilton Rock. Capt. Brown

Cargo : COAL

Desk Based Assessment (28 November 2014)

No further information found on shipbuilder or build-place of the Elizabeth McClure . Records indicate the vessel was built in 1848 (Moir and Crawford 2004: 114) . No vessel under this name appears on www.clydesite.co.uk [accessed 28 November 2014] which may indicate that the vessel was not Clyde-built.

Information from Sally Evans (Cotswold Archaeology), 28/11/2014.

Project (October 2014 - April 2015)

The maritime archaeology of the Clyde has been identified as a focus for a major study of human interaction with the river through time by the RCAHMS following on from recommendations by the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework (ScARF). Source to

Sea has been developed as the long-term research programme, of which the research into human connections with the River Clyde forms part. This project has comprised a study of the surviving shipwreck heritage of Clyde-built vessels lost within the Clyde estuary and Firth of Clyde.

This project has collated information from a range of sources and has enhanced knowledge of Clyde-built wrecks within the Clyde. In particular information from recreational divers has proved invaluable and has been the source of detailed information about the current condition of many Clyde-built wrecks, useful for on-going management. A number of wrecks previously recorded as of unknown identity in the RCAHMS database were positively identified during the project and more accurate positional information was established for a number of other wrecks. Additionally, the project identified a potentially significant wreck (Margaret Niven) the remains of which were not previously recorded. This project has also identified a number of other potentially significant wrecks within the Clyde, which reflect both its unique contributions to world-wide shipbuilding and local connections. These wrecks include paddle steamers (Lapwing and Princess of Wales), Clyde Puffers (e.g. Margaret Niven), steam-yachts with military connections (HMS Breda), a dredger (Greenock) and an 18th-century West Indiaman (Lady Margaret). Numerous other wrecks have been identified by this project, and all display some degree of significance.

Information from Sally Evans (Cotswold Archaeology) April 2015

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