Volunteer Research: History of Amelia, Ship Greenock 1876

Title/description: Greenock and its environs. Author(s): Macfarlane, Andrew, fl. 1837-1850. Date of publication: 1842 Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

Archaeology Notes:

20 January 1876, AMELIA, new, of Glasgow, Lloyd's A1, last survey 11.75, iron steamship, 379 tons, 18 crew, Master F. Campbell, Owner H. Seligman, Glasgow, departed Glasgow for Dunkirk, general cargo, stranded, partial loss, 1 life lost, wind W2, East India Wharf, Greenock.

AMELIA, Official No. 73,798, built Port Glasgow, 1875. Erred in keeping too close to the south shore. Vessel's helm, at a critical moment, did not act as if it had been put hard a-port, as stated in evidence. Inquiry held at Glasgow.

Statement of Official Inquiries in the United Kingdom into the Causes of Wrecks, Casualties, and Collisions, ordered by the Board of Trade during the Year 1875-6.

Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1875 - 76 (1876 [C.1632] LXVII.191).

Coming soon: volunteer research and oral history on ship casualties, as well as links to Wikipedia updates and citations.

For another shipwreck article our volunteer group contributed towards, and linked with other Inverclyde related articles, is the story of the French destroyer Maillé Brézé (1931) - Wikipedia.