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