Havelock: Little Raeberry, Mullock Bay, Solway Firth
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Havelock: Little Raeberry, Mullock Bay, Solway Firth
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mulloch; Kirkcudbright Bay; Raeberry Point; Howell Farm; Howwell; Havelock
Canmore ID 124907
Site Number NX74SW 8003
NGR NX 70 43
NGR Description NX c. 70 43
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Maritime - Dumfries And Galloway
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NX74SW 8003 c. 70 43
N54 46 W4 1
NLO: Mulloch Bay [name: NX 712 434]
Kirkcudbright Bay [name centred NX 665 455].
Possibly on map sheet NX64SE.
Location formerly entered as NX 7060 4350 (N54 46.1 W4 0.7).
30 November 1864, HAVELOCK, 6 yrs old, schooner, 91 tons, 5 crew, departed Kingstown for Whitehaven, in ballast, stranded, total loss, 5 lives lost, wind SSW12, 7 miles SSW of Kirkcudbright.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1864 (1865 [3529] L.439).
During a violent gale the schooner HAVELOCK was driven ashore near Kirkcudbright: the crew were drowned. Peter McGuin, while endeavouring to effect a communication with the vessel, was washed away by a sea. Mrs McGuin, widow of the late Peter McGuin, was awarded £15.
Table 29: List of Persons, Subjects of Great Britain and its Dependencies, to whom Rewards have been granted by the British Government for gallant [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2190).
(Classified as wooden schooner, with general cargo: date of loss cited as 30 November 1864). Havelock: this vessel was wrecked outside Kirkcudbright Bay, at Raeberry.
Registration: Preston. Built 1858. 91grt. Length: 23m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N54 46.50 W4 4.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. Raeberry is not noted as such on the 1996 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 March 2004.
Loss (30 November 1864)
30 November 1864, HAVELOCK, 6 yrs old, schooner, 91 tons, 5 crew, departed Kingstown for Whitehaven, in ballast, stranded, total loss, 5 lives lost, wind SSW12, 7 miles SSW of Kirkcudbright.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1864 (1865 [3529] L.439).
During a violent gale the schooner HAVELOCK was driven ashore near Kirkcudbright: the crew were drowned. Peter McGuin, while endeavouring to effect a communication with the vessel, was washed away by a sea. Mrs McGuin, widow of the late Peter McGuin, was awarded £15.
Table 29: List of Persons, Subjects of Great Britain and its Dependencies, to whom Rewards have been granted by the British Government for gallant [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2190).
(Classified as wooden schooner, with general cargo: date of loss cited as 30 November 1864). Havelock: this vessel was wrecked outside Kirkcudbright Bay, at Raeberry.
Registration: Preston. Built 1858. 91grt. Length: 23m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N54 46.50 W4 4.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (16 March 2004)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. Raeberry is not noted as such on the 1996 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 March 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9173
Name : HAVELOCK
Latitude : 544630
Longitude : 40400
Date Built : 1858
Registration : PRESTON
Type : SCHOONER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 91
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 23
Beam : 7
Loss Day : 30
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1864
Comment : Wrecked outside Kirkcudbright Bay at Raeberry.
Cargo : GENERAL
