Expert: The Wig, Loch Ryan, Firth Of Clyde
Smack (20th Century)
Site Name Expert: The Wig, Loch Ryan, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Smack (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mr Bill; Wig Bay; Outer Clyde Estuary; Expert (Ex. Mr Bill)
Canmore ID 299122
Site Number NX06NW 8019
NGR NX 039 674
NGR Description NX c. 039 674
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Maritime - Dumfries And Galloway
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NX06NW 8019 c. 039 674
N54 57.8 W5 3.8
NLO: The Wig [name: NX 039 674]
Loch Ryan [name centred NX 05 65].
Location formerly entered as NX c. 03 67 [N54 58 W5 5].
(Classifed as wooden smack, with cargo of lime: former name cited as Mr Bill, and date of loss as 4 March 1906). Expert: this vessel was burnt at anchor in Wig Bay [The Wig], Loch Ryan. Capt. Magee.
Registration: Wick. Built 1854. 35 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N54 58.0 W5 4.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 June 2009.
Loss (4 March 1906)
(Classifed as wooden smack, with cargo of lime: former name cited as Mr Bill, and date of loss as 4 March 1906). Expert: this vessel was burnt at anchor in Wig Bay [The Wig], Loch Ryan. Capt. Magee.
Registration: Wick. Built 1854. 35 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N54 58.0 W5 4.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (23 June 2009)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 June 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10021
Name : EXPERT (EX. MR BILL)
Latitude : 545800
Longitude : 50400
Date Built : 1854
Registration : WICK
Type : SMACK (WOOD)
Tonnage : 35
Loss Day : 4
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1906
Comment : Burnt at anchor in Wig Bay, Loch Ryan. Capt. Magee
Cargo : LIME