Grenadier: North Pier, Oban, Oban Bay, Firth Of Lorn
Paddle Steamer (20th Century)
Site Name Grenadier: North Pier, Oban, Oban Bay, Firth Of Lorn
Classification Paddle Steamer (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Oban Harbour; Grenadier
Canmore ID 117425
Site Number NM83SE 8001
NGR NM 857 301
NGR Description NM c. 857 301
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
NM83SE 8001 c. 857 301
N56 24.9 W5 28.5
NLO: Oban [name: NM 860 300]
Oban Bay [name centred NM 854 302]
Firth of Lorn [name centred NM 69 19].
Location formerly cited as NM 8560 3015 [N56 24.8 W5 28.5].
North Pier [NAT] (at NM 8575 3013)
OS 1:10,000 map, 1976.
(Classified as steel paddle steamship: date of loss cited as 13 September 1927). Grenadier: this vessel burnt out at the North Pier, Oban. All gone, but constructive total loss, and broken up.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1885. 372grt. Length: 67m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 24.90 W5 28.45).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Oban Harbour occupies an ill-defined area around NM 856 300. The North Pier (NM83SE 43) iws at NM 85754 30127.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 July 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1278
Name : GRENADIER
Latitude : 562454
Longitude : 52827
Date Built : 1885
Registration : GLASGOW
Type : SS (STEEL)(PADD)
Tonnage : 372
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 67
Beam : 7
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 13
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1927
Comment : Burnt out at the North Pier, Oban. AG but CTL and BU.
