Splendid: Ayr, Firth Of Clyde
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Splendid: Ayr, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Outer Clyde Estuary; Splendid
Canmore ID 113344
Site Number NS32SW 8005
NGR NS 329 227
NGR Description NS c. 329 227
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Maritime - South Ayrshire
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS32SW 8005 c. 329 227
N55 28.2 W4 38.6
NLO: Ayr [name: NS 335 223].
Formerly entered as NS22SE 8004 at cited location NS 2888 2439 (N55 29 W4 42).
25 October 1884, SPLENDID, 46 yrs old, Newry registered, wooden schooner, 59 tons, 4 crew, Master D. Byrne, Owner J. A. Hunter, Newry. Departed Newry for Troon in ballast. Wind SW6. Stranded at Ayr.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1884-85 (1887 [C.5094] LXXIV.247)..
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1855).
(Classified as wooden schooner, in ballast: date of loss cited as 25 October 1884). Splendid: this vessel stranded at Ayr. Capt. Byrne.
Registration: Newry. Built 1838. 59 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 28.00 W4 39.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Ayr harbour (NS32SW 123.00) is centred at NS 32930 22754.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 February 2007.
Loss (25 October 1884)
25 October 1884, SPLENDID, 46 yrs old, Newry registered, wooden schooner, 59 tons, 4 crew, Master D. Byrne, Owner J. A. Hunter, Newry. Departed Newry for Troon in ballast. Wind SW6. Stranded at Ayr.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1884-85 (1887 [C.5094] LXXIV.247).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1855).
(Classified as wooden schooner, in ballast: date of loss cited as 25 October 1884). Splendid: this vessel stranded at Ayr. Capt. Byrne.
Registration: Newry. Built 1838. 59 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 28.00 W4 39.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (2 February 2007)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Ayr harbour (NS32SW 123.00) is centred at NS 32930 22754.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 February 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1107
Name : SPLENDID
Latitude : 552800
Longitude : 43900
Date Built : 1838
Registration : NEWRY
Type : SCHOONER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 59
Loss Day : 25
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1884
Comment : Stranded at Ayr. Capt. Byrne
Cargo : BALLAST