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Loss
Date 12 February 1864
Event ID 569096
Category Documentary Reference
Type Loss
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/569096
Glasgow, 15th Feb. A letter, of yesterday's date, from Holy Loch, written by the master (Couch) of the BATTEN CASTLE, of Plymouth, states that the SPUNKIE (s.s.), of Renfrew, McLean, hence to Coleraine, drove athwart hawse of his vessel at 12.30 and sunk: crew saved by the BATTEN CASTLE, which received but trifling damage. Also that a schooner was at the entrance to the loch with both masts gone. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10565).
(Classified as steamship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 12 February 1864). Spunkie: this vessel sunk at Holy Loch. Capt. McLean.
Registration: Renfrew.
(Location of loss cited as N55 59.0 W4 55.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
