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Dunrobin Castle: Ardmore Islands, Islay, Atlantic
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Dunrobin Castle: Ardmore Islands, Islay, Atlantic
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ardmore Island; Ardmore Point; Eilean A' Chuirn; Eilean Bhride; Dunrobin Castle
Canmore ID 116873
Site Number NR44NE 8003
NGR NR 46 48
NGR Description NR c. 46 48
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/116873
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR44NE 8003 c. 46 48
N55 40 W6 2
NLO: Ardmore Point [name: NR 475 507]
Possibly on map sheet NR45SE.
Formerly entered as NR44NE 9119 at cited location NR 4743 4877 [N55 40 W6 1].
12 March 1879, DUNROBIN CASTLE, 7 yrs old, of Wick, Lloyd's 9 A 1, last survey 6.77, wooden schooner, 71 tons, 4 crew, Master W. Sinclair, Owner Mrs H. Gauld, Aberdeen, departed Glasgow for Stromness, Orkneys, carrying coal, wind NNW9, stranded, total loss, rocks off Ardmore, Islay, W. Coast of Scotland.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1878 - 79 (1880 [C.2519] LXVI.47).
Portaskaig, Islay, March 12, 5.40 p.m. DUNROBIN schooner, of Wick, Sinclair master (coals), struck on sunken rocks, off Ardmore Point, Islay, this morning, and went down in deep water. Crew saved. All papers lost.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 20,242, London, Thursday March 13 1879.
Bowmore, March 13. DUNROBIN CASTLE. The DUNROBIN CASTLE schooner, Sinclair, from Glasgow for Stromness (coals), struck on sunken rocks [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 2909).
(Classified as wooden schooner, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 12 March 1879). Dunrobin Castle: this vessel stranded on rocks off Ardmore, Islay. Capt. Sinclair.
Registration: Wick. Built 1872. 71nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N55 40.50 W6 1.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Ardmore Island or Islands are not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name may apply to the islands to the S and SSW of Ardmore Point, around Eilean a' Chuirn [name: NM 473 489] and Eilean Bhride [name: NM 460 478].
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 May 2002.
Loss (12 March 1879)
12 March 1879, DUNROBIN CASTLE, 7 yrs old, of Wick, Lloyd's 9 A 1, last survey 6.77, wooden schooner, 71 tons, 4 crew, Master W. Sinclair, Owner Mrs H. Gauld, Aberdeen, departed Glasgow for Stromness, Orkneys, carrying coal, wind NNW9, stranded, total loss, rocks off Ardmore, Islay, W. Coast of Scotland.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1878 - 79 (1880 [C.2519] LXVI.47).
Portaskaig, Islay, March 12, 5.40 p.m. DUNROBIN schooner, of Wick, Sinclair master (coals), struck on sunken rocks, off Ardmore Point, Islay, this morning, and went down in deep water. Crew saved. All papers lost.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 20,242, London, Thursday March 13 1879.
Bowmore, March 13. DUNROBIN CASTLE. The DUNROBIN CASTLE schooner, Sinclair, from Glasgow for Stromness (coals), struck on sunken rocks [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 2909).
(Classified as wooden schooner, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 12 March 1879). Dunrobin Castle: this vessel stranded on rocks off Ardmore, Islay. Capt. Sinclair.
Registration: Wick. Built 1872. 71nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N55 40.50 W6 1.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (6 May 2002)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Ardmore Island or Islands are not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name may apply to the islands to the S and SSW of Ardmore Point, around Eilean a' Chuirn [name: NM 473 489] and Eilean Bhride [name: NM 460 478].
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 May 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5788
Name : DUNROBIN CASTLE
Latitude : 554030
Longitude : 60100
Date Built : 1872
Registration : WICK
Type : SCHOONER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 71
Tonnage Code : N
Loss Day : 12
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1879
Comment : Stranded rocks off Ardmore, Islay. Capt. Sinclair
Cargo : COAL
