The wreck site of the CLYTIE has been identified during research by Dr Innes McCartney (2022: 148) for the Echoes from the Deep project. McCartney concluded that the CLYTIE is positionally, dimensionally, and archivally consistent with UKHO 7946 (NPRN 272253). The record has been updated to reflect that research.
Event and Historical Information:
The CLYTIE was a steel-hulled steamship built by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Troon, in 1893. Technical and configuration specifications are given as 471gt 178nt; 162ft 2in length x 25ft 6in breadth x 11ft 5in depth; 1 x deck, weather deck, 3 x bulkheads, quarterdeck 90ft, boat deck 10ft, forecastle 24ft; screw propulsion powered by a single steam boiler linked to a compound engine; machinery by Muir & Houston, Glasgow. At the time of loss, the vessel was owned by R Simpson of Whitehaven and registered at that port.
On 5 December 1905, the CLYTIE was carrying a cargo of coal from Whitehaven to Cork under the command of Master W. Hamilton. The CLYTIE was in collision with the Cardiff-registered steamship CORRWG on 5 December 1905. It subsequently foundered 9 miles northeast by north of Point Lynas. A sonar contact was reported at 53 31N 04 10W in 1945. The area was subsequently investigated by HMS WOODLARK in 1971 and HMS FAWN in 1987 but nothing was found.
Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1905, Appendix C, Table 1, p.135 (1275)
Evening Express, 6 December 1905, p.3
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyd's Register Casualty Returns, 1 October - 31 December 1905, p.6 (d)
Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1901 - 30 June 1902, number 1019 in C
McCartney, I., 2022. Echoes from the Deep. Leiden: Sidestone Press. https://www.sidestone.com/books/echoes-from-the-deep
UKHO ID 7946: Contains public sector information, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, from UK Hydrographic Office.
J. Whitewright, RCAHMW, November 2023
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