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