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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/301512
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Maritime - Inverclyde
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
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.
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.