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Seagull: Strone Point, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Seagull: Strone Point, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Strore Point'; Loch Striven; Kyles Of Bute; Holy Loch; Inner Clyde Estuary; Seagull
Canmore ID 112387
Site Number NS18SE 8036
NGR NS 193 805
NGR Description NS c. 193 805
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/112387
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS18SE 8036 c. 193 805
N55 59 W4 53.8
NLO: Strone Point [name: NS 075 714]
Kyles of Bute [name centred NS 040 730]
Holy Loch [name centred NS 175 806]
Loch Striven [name centred NS 08 72].
Possibly on map sheet NS17NE.
Formerly entered as NS07NE 8002 at cited location NS 0847 7567 [N55 56.1 W5 04], and as NS17SE 8004.
2 January 1892. SEAGULL. 24 years. Not reg. Wood smack. 12 ton. 2 men. Master and owner D. Reid, Whiting Bay, Arran. Paisley to Ardrishaig. Bricks etc. Wind W by N4. Near Strore [Strone] Point, Loch Striven, Argyllshire.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1891-92 (1893-94 [C.7069] LXXX.711).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1380).
(Classified as wooden smack, with cargo of bricks; date of loss cited as 2 January 1892). Seagull: this vessel stranded near Strone Point, Loch Striven.
Not registered. Built 1868. 12 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 53.75 W5 5.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 January 2010.
Loss (2 January 1892)
2 January 1892. SEAGULL. 24 years. Not reg. Wood smack. 12 ton. 2 men. Master and owner D. Reid, Whiting Bay, Arran. Paisley to Ardrishaig. Bricks etc. Wind W by N4. Near Strore [Strone] Point, Loch Striven, Argyllshire.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1891-92 (1893-94 [C.7069] LXXX.711).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1380).
(Classified as wooden smack, with cargo of bricks; date of loss cited as 2 January 1892). Seagull: this vessel stranded near Strone Point, Loch Striven.
Not registered. Built 1868. 12 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 53.75 W5 5.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (8 January 2010)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 January 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4368
Name : SEAGULL
Latitude : 555345
Longitude : 50500
Date Built : 1868
Registration : Not Registered
Type : SMACK (WOOD)
Tonnage : 12
Loss Day : 2
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1892
Comment : Stranded near Strone Pt, Loch Striven. Capt. Reid
Cargo : BRICKS
