Harmonie: Traigh Ghortain, Loch Gortan, Coll, Passage Of Tiree
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Harmonie: Traigh Ghortain, Loch Gortan, Coll, Passage Of Tiree
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Triagh Gortain; Gorten Beach; Gorton Beach; Gorten Bay; Gortan; Atlantic; Harmonie
Canmore ID 118322
Site Number NM15SE 8002
NGR NM 17612 53346
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
NM15SE 8002 c. 175 531
N56 35.1 W6 36.1
NLO: Gortan [name: NM 178 535]
Loch Gortan [name centred NM 175 529]
Coll [name centred NM 20 57]
Tiree [name centred NM 00 45].
Location formerly cited as NM 1755 5330 [N56 35.19 W6 376.06].
26 January 1890. HARMONIE. 30 years of Norway. Wood barque. 322 ton. 10 men. Master T. Christiansen. Owner A.J. Freberg and Co., Sandefjord. Garston to Sandefjord. Ballast. 1 dead. Wind W9. Coll Island, Argyllshire.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1889-90 (1890-91 [C.6468] LXXVI.485).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1533).
(Classified as wooden barque, in ballast: date of loss cited as 26 January 1890). Harmonie: this vessel stranded in Gorten [Gortan] Bay, Coll. Capt. Christiansen.
Registration: Sandefjord. Built 1860. 322nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N56 35.0 W6 36.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 November 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4169
Name : HARMONIE
Latitude : 563500
Longitude : 63600
Date Built : 1860
Registration : SANDEFJORD
Type : BARQUE (WOOD)
Tonnage : 322
Tonnage Code : N
Loss Day : 26
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1890
Comment : Stranded in Gorten Bay, Coll. Capt. Christiansen
Cargo : BALLAST
