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Forth: Gourock Bay, Upper Firth Of Clyde

Gabbart (19th Century)

Site Name Forth: Gourock Bay, Upper Firth Of Clyde

Classification Gabbart (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Inner Clyde Estuary; Forth

Canmore ID 301512

Site Number NS27NW 8158

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

Archaeology Notes

NS27NW 8158 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 8159.

(Classified as gabbart: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 7 February 1856). Forth: this vessel foundered in Gourock Bay.

Registration: Glasgow. Built 1820. 40 tons burthern. Length: 14m. Beam: 5m.

(Location of loss cited as N55 57.67 W4 48.50).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

This vessel presumably foundered while at anchor

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 December 2009.

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Loss (7 February 1856)

(Classified as gabbart: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 7 February 1856). Forth: this vessel foundered in Gourock Bay.

Registration: Glasgow. Built 1820. 40 tons burthern. Length: 14m. Beam: 5m.

(Location of loss cited as N55 57.67 W4 48.50).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Note (9 December 2009)

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

This vessel presumably foundered while at anchor

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 December 2009.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 12630

Name : FORTH

Latitude : 555740

Longitude : 44830

Date Built : 1820

Registration : GLASGOW

Type : GABBART

Tonnage : 40

Tonnage Code : B

Length : 14

Beam : 5

Loss Day : 7

Loss Month : 2

Loss Year : 1856

Comment : Foundered in Gourock Bay.

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