Montreal: Gourock Bay, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Montreal: Gourock Bay, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Inner Clyde Estuary
Canmore ID 270708
Site Number NS27NW 8120
NGR NS 247 777
NGR Description NS c. 247 777
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270708
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Maritime - Inverclyde
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS27NW 8120 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.
See also NS27NW 8117-19.
The JANE, Wilson; the ELIZABETH, McBride; the MONTREAL, Alexander, bound to Jamaica; the MARY, Moore, bound to Demerary, which were driven on shore in the Clyde on the 16th inst., are unloading.
Source: The Marine List, No. 4934, LL, London, Tuesday December 27 1814
The MONTREAL, Alexander, bound to Jamaica, which was on shore in the Clyde, has been got off without much damage.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 4935, London, Tuesday January 3 1815.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5819).
The MINERVA, Dehne, from Bjornberg, is lost in Loch Eynort. Cargo saved. The JANE, Wilson; the ELIZABETH, McBride; the MONTREAL, Alexander, bound to Jamaica; the MARY, Moore, bound to Demerary, which were driven on shore in the Clyde on the 16th inst., are unloading.
Source: The Marine List, No. 4934, LL, London, Friday December 30 1814.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5820).
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), possibly suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 February 2005.