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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/305335
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Maritime - North Ayrshire
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
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.
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