Steamship · lost 1924 · Firth of Clyde, United Kingdom
Marjorie Seed
Members of Irvine Sub-Aqua Club settled a long confusion over the Marjorie Seed in 1987, when they found a maker's plate on the nearby Ahdeek, which had been taken for her, and a bell inscribed Westhampton on her own remains. Westhampton was the name she was launched under at Sunderland; she later sailed as Elli, Amphion and Baron Cathcart before the Seed Shipping Company of Newcastle bought her.
Bound from Rothesay Dock for Huelva with coal and coke, she struck Lady Isle at its north eastern point in clear, calm weather, and no adequate explanation of the error was ever given. Hopes of refloating her ended after a week of south westerly gales, and a later inspection found her port side holed, keel buckled and stern post broken.
Salvors stripped her over the following years, and her broken plates and girders now lie scattered over rock and shingle.
- Type
- Steamship
- Lost
- 1924
- Depth
- 7–9 m
- Location
- Firth of Clyde, United KingdomFirth of Clyde
Deeper than 14 of the 185 wrecks on the map with a recorded depth.
History and LossLost 1924 · Firth of Clyde, United Kingdom.
Her final voyage began at Clydebank on 26th December 1924, and the weather was still fair when she cleared the Cumbraes. Within hours she was hard aground at Lady Isle. Troon heard her radio calls for help at about 6pm; a lifeboat and a tug came alongside and rescued most of the twenty-four men aboard, while four stayed behind to assess her and later reported the engine room flooded to a depth of four feet.
Lost 1924.
Condition of the Wreckin 7–9 m.
Intactness
Salvors worked on her for months and years until little of value was left. What survives is scattered widely across a rock and shingle bottom in 7 to 9 metres, standing no more than about a metre high.
Notable Features
- Cargo remains
- Triple expansion engine
Sea-Surface Temperature by Month
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface temp | 8.2° | 7.3° | 7.2° | 8.3° | 10.3° | 12.6° | 14.5° | 15.1° | 14.3° | 12.6° | 11.3° | 9.7° |
Additional Details7 further fields held for this wreck and not shown above.
- Loss date
- 1924
- Latitude
- 55.5437° N
- Longitude
- 4.7206° W
- Water body
- Firth of Clyde
- War grave
- Not recorded
- Protected
- No
- Permit required
- No
Sources and VerificationEvery fact on this page traces to a published source.
- Historic Environment Scotland (Canmore, NRHE)inspire.hes.scot · Official record6 facts
- UK Hydrographic Officedatahub.admiralty.co.uk · Official record3 facts
- NOAA / NASA JPL MUR SST v4.1coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov · Institution or archive1 fact
- Scottish Shipwrecksscottishshipwrecks.com · Secondary source4 facts
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Historic Environment Scotland.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.
- JPL MUR MEaSUREs Project. GHRSST Level 4 MUR Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (v4.1). PO.DAAC. https://doi.org/10.5067/GHGMR-4FJ04
A further 5 fields were derived from the wreck’s recorded position rather than taken from a source.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Marjorie Seed?
Marjorie Seed is the wreck of a steamship, off Firth of Clyde, United Kingdom, at 9 metres. Marjorie Seed was lost in 1924.
How deep is the Marjorie Seed?
Marjorie Seed lies at 7 to 9 metres, Firth of Clyde.
How did the Marjorie Seed sink?
The cause of the loss of Marjorie Seed is not recorded in the sources held; the loss is dated 1924.