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Isabella: Ettrick Bay, Kyles Of Bute, Firth Of Clyde
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Isabella: Ettrick Bay, Kyles Of Bute, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Etterick Bay; Ettrich Bay; West Kyle; Outer Clyde Estuary; Isabella
Canmore ID 112333
Site Number NS06NW 8002
NGR NS 03 65
NGR Description NS c. 03 65
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/112333
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS06NW 8002 c. 03 65
N55 50 W5 9
NLO: Ettrick Bay [name: NS 034 656]
Kyles of Bute [name centred NS 040 730].
Possibly on map sheet NS06SW.
Formerly entered as NS06SW 8003 at cited location NS 0375 6460 (N55 50.08 W5 8.05).
28 December 1882, ISABELLA, 49 yrs old, of Aberdeen, wooden smack, 42 tons, 2 crew, Master J. McCorquodale, jun., Owner J. McCorquodale, Port Ramsey, Lismore, Argyllshire, departed Ballachulish, Argyllshire, for Bowling, carrying slates, wind W6, stranded, total loss, Ettrick Bay, Bute.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3333).
(Classified as wooden smack, with cargo of slates: date of loss cited as 28 December 1882). Isabella: this vessel stranded in Ettrick Bay, Bute. Capt. McCorquodale.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1834. 42grt. Length: 16m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 51.0 W5 9.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 June 2002.
Loss (28 December 1882)
28 December 1882, ISABELLA, 49 yrs old, of Aberdeen, wooden smack, 42 tons, 2 crew, Master J. McCorquodale, jun., Owner J. McCorquodale, Port Ramsey, Lismore, Argyllshire, departed Ballachulish, Argyllshire, for Bowling, carrying slates, wind W6, stranded, total loss, Ettrick Bay, Bute.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3333).
(Classified as wooden smack, with cargo of slates: date of loss cited as 28 December 1882). Isabella: this vessel stranded in Ettrick Bay, Bute. Capt. McCorquodale.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1834. 42grt. Length: 16m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 51.0 W5 9.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (17 June 2002)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 June 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1031
Name : ISABELLA
Latitude : 555100
Longitude : 50900
Date Built : 1834
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : SMACK (WOOD)
Tonnage : 42
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 16
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 28
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1882
Comment : Stranded in Ettrick Bay, Bute. Capt. McCorquodale
Cargo : SLATES
