Brandon: Skate Island, Lower Loch Fyne, Firth Of Clyde
Lighter (19th Century)
Site Name Brandon: Skate Island, Lower Loch Fyne, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Lighter (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Skate Islands; Sgat Mor; Sgat Beag; Tarbert Harbour; Outer Clyde Estuary; Brandon
Canmore ID 283334
Site Number NR96NW 8010
NGR NR 93 66
NGR Description NR c. 93 66
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/283334
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR87NE 8012 unlocated
NLO: Loch Fyne [name centred NR 94 89].
Formerly entered as NR87NE 8012 (unlocated).
Greenock, 12th Feb. The BRANDON, (lighter) of Glasgow, was blown out of Tarbert Harbour, and wrecked at Skate Island: crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,067, London, Thursday February 14 1856.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9220).
(Classified as lighter: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 12 February 1856). Brandon: this vessel was wrecked on Skate Island, near Tarbert. (1854 Limerick Lighter I: 501nrt?)
(Location of loss cited as N55 51.00 W5 18.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary. Skate Island cannot be identified from the available map evidence.
Tarbert harbour (NR86NE 18.00) is at NR 866 687.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 October 2006.
(Re-entered as NR96NW 8011 at cited location NR c. 93 66 [N55 51 W5 18]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Per contra the above, the Skate Islands are probably to be equated with Sgat Mor [name: NR 930 666] and Sgat Beag [name: NR 942 665] off the SW side of the Cowal peninsula.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 November 2009.
Loss (12 February 1856)
Greenock, 12th Feb. The BRANDON, (lighter) of Glasgow, was blown out of Tarbert Harbour, and wrecked at Skate Island: crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,067, London, Thursday February 14 1856.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9220).
(Classified as lighter: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 12 February 1856). Brandon: this vessel was wrecked on Skate Island, near Tarbert. (1854 Limerick Lighter I: 501nrt?)
(Location of loss cited as N55 51.00 W5 18.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (9 October 2006)
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary. Skate Island cannot be identified from the available map evidence.
Tarbert harbour (NR86NE 18.00) is at NR 866 687.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 October 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12632
Name : BRANDON
Latitude : 555100
Longitude : 51830
Type : LIGHTER
Loss Day : 12
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1856
Comment : Wrecked on Skate Island, near Tarbert. (1854 LIMERICK LIGHTER(I) 501N?)
