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Mary Welsh: Ayr Harbour Entrance, Firth Of Clyde

Smack (19th Century)

Site Name Mary Welsh: Ayr Harbour Entrance, Firth Of Clyde

Classification Smack (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Ayr Harbour Breakwater; Ayr Harbour, North Pier; Outer Clyde Estuary; Mary Welsh

Canmore ID 220223

Site Number NS32SW 8037

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 8037 c. 329 227

N55 28.2 W4 38.6

NLO: Ayr [name: NS 335 223].

29 March 1897, MARY WELSH, 27 years, of Whitehaven. Iron smack. 32 ton, 2men. Master and owner J. McCracken, Drumore [Drummore], Wigtownshire. Drumore [Drummore] to Ayr. Oats 1 passenger. Wind NNW6. Between break-water and N. Pier, Ayr.

Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1896-97 (1898 [C.8917] LXXXVIII.401).

NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 927).

(Classified as iron smack, with cargo of oats: date of loss cited as 29 March 1897). Mary Welsh: this vessel stranded between the breakwater and the north pier, Ayr. Capt. McCracken.

Registration: Whitehaven. Built 1870. 32 tons [unspecified].

(Location of loss cited as N55 28.25 W4 38.50).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Ayr harbour (NS32SW 123.00) is centred at NS 32930 22754, and the entrance is at around NS 329 227.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 September 2005.

The 'breakwater' is presumably the detached breakwater (NS32SW 123.12) while the current edition of the OS (GIS) MasterMap notes the North Pier at NS 3309 2270.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 July 2010.

Activities

Loss (29 March 1897)

29 March 1897, MARY WELSH, 27 years, of Whitehaven. Iron smack. 32 ton, 2men. Master and owner J. McCracken, Drumore [Drummore], Wigtownshire. Drumore [Drummore] to Ayr. Oats 1 passenger. Wind NNW6. Between break-water and N. Pier, Ayr.

Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1896-97 (1898 [C.8917] LXXXVIII.401).

NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 927).

(Classified as iron smack, with cargo of oats: date of loss cited as 29 March 1897). Mary Welsh: this vessel stranded between the breakwater and the north pier, Ayr. Capt. McCracken.

Registration: Whitehaven. Built 1870. 32 tons [unspecified].

(Location of loss cited as N55 28.25 W4 38.50).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Note (7 September 2005)

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Ayr harbour (NS32SW 123.00) is centred at NS 32930 22754, and the entrance is at around NS 329 227.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 September 2005.

Note (6 July 2010)

The 'breakwater' is presumably the detached breakwater (NS32SW 123.12) while the current edition of the OS (GIS) MasterMap notes the North Pier at NS 3309 2270.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 July 2010.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 6311

Name : MARY WELSH

Latitude : 552815

Longitude : 43830

Date Built : 1870

Registration : WHITEHAVEN

Type : SMACK (IRON)

Tonnage : 32

Loss Day : 29

Loss Month : 3

Loss Year : 1897

Comment : Stranded between breakwater and north pier, Ayr. Capt. McCracken

Cargo : OATS

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