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Robert Burns: Ayr Harbour, Firth Of Clyde

Lugger (19th Century)

Site Name Robert Burns: Ayr Harbour, Firth Of Clyde

Classification Lugger (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Outer Clyde Estuary; Robert Burns

Canmore ID 220157

Site Number NS32SW 8032

NGR NS 329 227

NGR Description NS c. 329 227

Datum Datum not recorded

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NS32SW 8032 c. 329 227

N55 28.2 W4 38.6

NLO: Ayr [name: NS 335 223].

See also NS32SW 8033.

12 February 1894, ROBERT BURNS, 12 years, not reg. Wood fishing boat. 2 ton. None on board. Master and owner J. Gemmell, Ayr. Moored in Ayr Harbour. Ballast. Collided steam tug FLYING CHILDERS of Ayr. Wind W10. Ayr Harbour.

Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1893-94 (1895 [C.7858] LXXXVII.327).

NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1246).

(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: date of loss cited as 12 February 1893). Robert Burns: this vessel was run down and lost in Ayr Harbour (Flying Childers).

Not registered. Built 1882. 2 tons [unspecified].

(Location of loss cited as N55 28.20 W4 38.20).

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), 7 September 2005.

Activities

Loss (12 February 1893)

12 February 1894, ROBERT BURNS, 12 years, not reg. Wood fishing boat. 2 ton. None on board. Master and owner J. Gemmell, Ayr. Moored in Ayr Harbour. Ballast. Collided steam tug FLYING CHILDERS of Ayr. Wind W10. Ayr Harbour.

Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1893-94 (1895 [C.7858] LXXXVII.327).

NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1246).

(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: date of loss cited as 12 February 1893). Robert Burns: this vessel was run down and lost in Ayr Harbour (Flying Childers).

Not registered. Built 1882. 2 tons [unspecified].

(Location of loss cited as N55 28.20 W4 38.20).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Note (7 September 2005)

The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Ayr harbour (NS32SW 123.00) is centred at NS 32930 22754.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 September 2005.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 14056

Name : ROBERT BURNS

Latitude : 552812

Longitude : 43812

Date Built : 1882

Registration : Not Registered

Type : LUGGER (WOOD)

Tonnage : 2

Loss Day : 12

Loss Month : 2

Loss Year : 1894

Comment : Run down and lost in Ayr Harbour (FLYING CHILDERS).

Cargo : BALLAST

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