Alternative Names 'Opposite Erskine Ferry, Near Glasgow'
Site type SMACK (19TH CENTURY)
Canmore ID 267553
Site Number NS47SE 8009
NGR NS 4635 7220
Latitude N 55 55.1
Longitude W 4 27.61
Council RENFREWSHIRE
Parish MARITIME - RENFREWSHIRE
Former Region STRATHCLYDE
Former District MARITIME
Former County MARITIME

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Archaeological Notes

NS47SE 8009 c. 4635 7220
N55 54 W4 28

NLO: Erskine [name: NS 465 705]
Glasgow [name: NS 58 65].

Possibly within Maritime - West Dunbartonshire.

Greenock, Jan. 28, 3.15 p.m., it is reported that there is a smack sunk in the river, opposite Erskine Ferry, near Glasgow.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 20,205, London, Wednesday January 29 1879.

Greenock, Jan. 29, 10.42 a.m., MARGARET - AILSA (s). The smack reported as being sunk off Erskine Ferry yesterday is the MARGARET: it is stated that she had been in collision with the Bristol steamer AILSA.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 20,206, London, Thursday January 30 [1879].

NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4807).

The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998). She may have sunk within the quasi-administrative area designated as Maritime - West Dunbartonshire.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 October 2004.