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Janet Curdie: Gourock Bay, Upper Firth Of Clyde

Smack (19th Century)

Site Name Janet Curdie: Gourock Bay, Upper Firth Of Clyde

Classification Smack (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Inner Clyde Estuary; Janet Curdie

Canmore ID 265163

Site Number NS27NW 8107

NGR NS 247 777

NGR Description NS c. 247 777

Datum Datum not recorded

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NS27NW 8107 c. 247 777

N55 57.6 W4 48.5

NLO: Gourock Bay [name centred NS 247 777]

Gourock [name: NS 230 770].

Possibly on map sheet NS27NE.

Gourock, 14th July, 9.5 a.m., the JANET CURDIE (smack) from Furness quarries to Port Dundas, with paving stones, has sunk in this bay.

Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,792, London, Wednesday July 15 1874.

NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4133).

(Classified as smack, with cargo of paving stones: date of loss cited as 14 July 1874). Janet Curdie: this vessel sank in Gourock Bay.

(Location of loss cited as N55 57.67 W4 45.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 December 2004.

Activities

Loss (14 July 1874)

Gourock, 14th July, 9.5 a.m., the JANET CURDIE (smack) from Furness quarries to Port Dundas, with paving stones, has sunk in this bay.

Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,792, London, Wednesday July 15 1874.

NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4133).

(Classified as smack, with cargo of paving stones: date of loss cited as 14 July 1874). Janet Curdie: this vessel sank in Gourock Bay.

(Location of loss cited as N55 57.67 W4 45.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Note (6 December 2004)

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 December 2004.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 13424

Name : JANET CURDIE

Latitude : 555740

Longitude : 44500

Type : SMACK

Loss Day : 14

Loss Month : 7

Loss Year : 1874

Comment : Sank in Gourock Bay.

Cargo : PAVING STONES

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