Jean: Rothesay, Bute, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Jean: Rothesay, Bute, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Rothesay Bay; Inner Clyde Estuary
Canmore ID 218777
Site Number NS06SE 8006
NGR NS 08 64
NGR Description NS c. 08 64
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
NS06SE 8006 c. 08 64
N55 50 W5 4
NLO: Rothesay [name: NS 088 647]
Rothesay Bay [name centred NS 090 657].
Possibly on map sheet NS06NE.
3 January 1853, JEAN of Belfast, sloop, Londonderry to Belfast, wind SW force 10, cargo insured #4000, stranded, Rothesay, I. Bute, in a gale of wind. Shipping and Mercantile Gazette.
Source: PP Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of UK 1853 (1854 (337) XLII.647)
Rothsay, I.B., 4th Jan. The JEAN (sloop), Welsh, of and for Belfast, from Londonderry, went on shore about two miles from this place last night, has lost her bowsprit, un-shipped her rudder, and stove in part of her stern frame, & must discharge; crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 12,103, London, Friday January 7 1853
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 427).
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably suggesting her successful recovery. The nature of the cargo carried remains unclear.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 August 2003.
