Unknown: Ailsa Craig, Firth Of Clyde
Motor Yacht (20th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Ailsa Craig, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Motor Yacht (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Outer Clyde Estuary
Canmore ID 114948
Site Number NX09NW 8015
NGR NX 019 997
NGR Description NX c. 019 997
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
NX99NW 8004 c. 019 997
N 55 15.1 W 5 7
NLO: Ailsa Craig [name: NX 019 997].
Possibly on map sheet NS00SW.
Formerly entered as NS00SW 8012 and NS00SW 9365 at cited location NX 0160 9900 (N 55 15.4224 W 5 6.8688).
Un-named motor yacht, master R. Anderson. Bound from Girvan to Ailsa Craig. Value of vessel ?600/ 2 crew saved. Lost 26 Sep 1982. 1/2 mile north of Ailsa Craig Lighthouse. Cause of wreck, severe weather.
[Contemporary] source: Principal Lightkeeper, Ailsa Craig Lighthouse.