Sir Colin: Lossit Bay, Islay, Atlantic
Brigantine (19th Century)
Site Name Sir Colin: Lossit Bay, Islay, Atlantic
Classification Brigantine (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'North Side Of Losset Bay, West Side Of Islay'; Lossit Point; North Channel; Sir Colin
Canmore ID 117099
Site Number NR15NE 8002
NGR NR 174 559
NGR Description NR c. 174 559
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR15NE 8002 c. 174 559
N55 42.8 W6 30
NLO: Lossit Bay [name: NR 174 559]
Lossit Point [name: NR 170 565]
Islay [name centred NR 38 60].
Formerly entered as NR15NE 9410 at cited location NR 1750 5600 (N55 42.8 W6 29.9).
9 September 1870, SIR COLIN, 12 yrs old, brigantine, 106 tons, 5 crew, departed Ballina for Troon, in ballast, stranded, partial loss, 1 life lost, wind SW11, North side of Losset [Lossit] Bay, W. side of Islay.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1870 (1871 [C.425] LXI.765).
Bowmore, Islay, 9th Sept. The SIR COLIN (brigtne.), of Larne, McCart, from Ballina to Troon, light, has been wrecked at Lopit [Lossit] bay: one of crew drowned: the materials of the vessel will be saved. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2401).
(Classified as wooden brigantine: no cargo specified but date of loss cited as 9 September 1870). Sir Colin: this vessel was wrecked at Lossit Point, Islay. Capt. McCart. All gone?
Registration: Larne. Built 1858. 106nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N55 43.0 W6 31.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 March 2004.
Loss (9 September 1870)
9 September 1870, SIR COLIN, 12 yrs old, brigantine, 106 tons, 5 crew, departed Ballina for Troon, in ballast, stranded, partial loss, 1 life lost, wind SW11, North side of Losset [Lossit] Bay, W. side of Islay.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1870 (1871 [C.425] LXI.765).
Bowmore, Islay, 9th Sept. The SIR COLIN (brigtne.), of Larne, McCart, from Ballina to Troon, light, has been wrecked at Lopit [Lossit] bay: one of crew drowned: the materials of the vessel will be saved. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2401).
(Classified as wooden brigantine: no cargo specified but date of loss cited as 9 September 1870). Sir Colin: this vessel was wrecked at Lossit Point, Islay. Capt. McCart. All gone?
Registration: Larne. Built 1858. 106nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N55 43.0 W6 31.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (23 March 2004)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 March 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 7888
Name : SIR COLIN
Latitude : 554300
Longitude : 63100
Date Built : 1858
Registration : LARNE
Type : BRIGANTINE (WOOD)
Tonnage : 106
Tonnage Code : N
Loss Day : 9
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1870
Comment : Wrecked at Lossit Point, Islay. Capt. McCart AG?
