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Ritchie: Pladda, Firth Of Clyde

Barque (19th Century)

Site Name Ritchie: Pladda, Firth Of Clyde

Classification Barque (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 'Near Pladda Light'; Pladda Lighthouse; Arran; Outer Clyde Estuary; Ritchie

Canmore ID 305335

Site Number NS01NW 8068

NGR NS 027 190

NGR Description NS c. 027 190

Datum Datum not recorded

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  • Council North Ayrshire
  • Parish Maritime - North Ayrshire
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NS01NW 8010 c. 027 190

N55 25.5 W5 7.2

NLO: Pladda [name: NS 027 193]

Isle of Arran [name centred NR 95 35].

(Classified as barque: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 3 December 1843). Ritchie: this vessel stranded near Pladda Light. Capt. Kerr.

Registration: Glasgow. Built 1839. 848 tons burthern. Length: 43m. Beam: 10m.

(Location of loss cited as N55 25.50 W5 7.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Pladda lighthouse (NS01NW 2.00) is at NS 02757 19003.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 July 2010.

Activities

Loss (3 December 1843)

(Classified as barque: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 3 December 1843). Ritchie: this vessel stranded near Pladda Light. Capt. Kerr.

Registration: Glasgow. Built 1839. 848 tons burthern. Length: 43m. Beam: 10m.

(Location of loss cited as N55 25.50 W5 7.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Note (26 July 2010)

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Pladda lighthouse (NS01NW 2.00) is at NS 02757 19003.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 July 2010.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 14282

Name : RITCHIE

Latitude : 552530

Longitude : 50700

Date Built : 1839

Registration : GLASGOW

Type : BARQUE

Tonnage : 848

Tonnage Code : B

Length : 43

Beam : 10

Loss Day : 3

Loss Month : 12

Loss Year : 1843

Comment : Stranded near Pladda Light. Capt. Kerr

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