Mercury: Gourock Bay, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Mercury: Gourock Bay, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'On The Hare And Otter Reef'; Inner Clyde Estuary
Canmore ID 272496
Site Number NS27NW 8123
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 8123 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.
Greenock, 8th Jan. 'The MERCURY, Calver, bound to Charente, in working down the river today, ran on shore on the Hare and Otter Reef, in Gourock Bay, and bilged. The cargo must be discharged before she can be got off.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6602, London, Tuesday January 11 1831.
Greenock, 10th Jan. 'The cargo of the MECURY, Calder, for Charente, on shore in Gourock Bay, has been landed.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6603, London, Friday January 14 1831.
Greenock, 14th Jan. 'The MERCURY, Calvin, hence to Charente, which was driven on rocks near Gourock Bay 7th inst., was got off yesterday and towed into the harbour.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6604, London, Tuesday January 18 1831.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6752).
The Hare and Otter Reef is not noted as such on the 1995 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 May 2005.