Surprise: Ardmore Islands, Islay, Atlantic
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Surprise: Ardmore Islands, Islay, Atlantic
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Approximately One Mile South Of Ardmore Point'; Sea King; Eilean Bhride; Eilean A' Chuirn; Surprise (Ex. Sea King)
Canmore ID 117101
Site Number NR44NE 8007
NGR NR 46 48
NGR Description NR c. 46 48
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/117101
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR44NE 8007 c. 46 48
N55 40 W6 2
NLO: Ardmore Point [name: NR 475 507]
Eilean a' Chuirn [name: NM 473 489]
Eilean Bhride [name: NM 460 478].
Formerly entered as NR45SE 8003 at cited location NR 4760 5080 [N55 41.09 W6 0.95].
See also NR44NE 8004.
(Classified as iron steamship, with cargo of aluminium and coal: former name cited as Sea King, and date of loss as 16 December 1906). Surprise: this vessel stranded [on a] reef approximately one mile South of Ardmore Point. Capt. Crookes.
Registration: Barrow. Built 1864. 197grt. Length: 37m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 40.50 W6 1.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The description given by Whittaker suggests a location for this stranding among the islands (possibly termed the Ardmore Islands) to the S and SSW of Ardmore Point, around Eilean a' Chuirn and Eilean Bhride.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 May 2002.
Loss (16 December 1906)
(Classified as iron steamship, with cargo of aluminium and coal: former name cited as Sea King, and date of loss as 16 December 1906). Surprise: this vessel stranded [on a] reef approximately one mile South of Ardmore Point. Capt. Crookes.
Registration: Barrow. Built 1864. 197grt. Length: 37m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 40.50 W6 1.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (6 May 2002)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The description given by Whittaker suggests a location for this stranding among the islands (possibly termed the Ardmore Islands) to the S and SSW of Ardmore Point, around Eilean a' Chuirn and Eilean Bhride.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 May 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2815
Name : SURPRISE (EX. SEA KING)
Latitude : 554030
Longitude : 60130
Date Built : 1864
Registration : BARROW
Type : SS (IRON)
Tonnage : 197
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 37
Beam : 6
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 16
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1906
Comment : Stranded reef approx 1 mile S of Ardmore Pt. Capt. Crookes
Cargo : ALUMINIUM AND COAL
