Ailsa: Scalpsie Bay, Bute, Firth Of Clyde
Yacht (20th Century)
Site Name Ailsa: Scalpsie Bay, Bute, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Yacht (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sound Of Bute; Inner Clyde Estuary; Ailsa
Canmore ID 302541
Site Number NS05NE 8008
NGR NS 055 578
NGR Description NS c. 055 578
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/302541
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS05NE 8008 c. 055 578
N55 46.5 W5 6.1
NLO: Scalpsie Bay [name: NS 055 578]
Sound of Bute [name centred NS 01 55].
Possibly on map sheet NS05NW.
(Classified as wooden yacht, in ballast: date of loss cited as 9 October 1910). Ailsa: this vessel [was] burnt in Scalpsie Bay [Bute].
Registration: Bute. 15 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 46.50 W5 6.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the area of map sheet NS05NW.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 February 2010.
Loss (9 October 1910)
(Classified as wooden yacht, in ballast: date of loss cited as 9 October 1910). Ailsa: this vessel [was] burnt in Scalpsie Bay [Bute].
Registration: Bute. 15 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 46.50 W5 6.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (11 February 2010)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the area of map sheet NS05NW.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 February 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14514
Name : AILSA
Latitude : 554630
Longitude : 50600
Registration : ROTHESAY *
Type : YACHT (WOOD)
Tonnage : 15
Loss Day : 9
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1910
Comment : Burnt in Scalpsie Bay.
Cargo : BALLAST