Robert: Mull, Atlantic
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Robert: Mull, Atlantic
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near The Island Of Mull'; Sound Of Mull; Firth Of Lorn; Loch Linnhe; Robert
Canmore ID 212792
Site Number NM33SW 8006
NGR NM 32 33
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/212792
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM33SW 8006 unlocated
NLO: Loch Linnhe [name centred NM 86 47]
Firth of Lorn [name centred NM 69 19]
Sound of Mull [name centred NM 58 46].
The ROBERT, Reid, from Petersburg to Dublin, is on shore near the Isle of Mull: part of the cargo [is] expected to be saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 4406, London, Tuesday November 29 1803.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5502).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as November 1803). Robert: this vessel is ashore near the Island of Mull. Capt. Reid.
(Location of loss cited as N56 25 W6 20).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is entirely arbitrary. The available evidence does not indicate on which side of the island the stranding occurred.
The location cited by Whittaker is evidently arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 April 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 7946
Name : ROBERT
Latitude : 562500
Longitude : 62000
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1803
Comment : Is ashore near Island of Mull. Capt. Reid
