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