Ardbeg: Ru Stafnish, Kintyre, North Channel
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Ardbeg: Ru Stafnish, Kintyre, North Channel
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Feochaig; Ru Staffnage; Kilbrannan Sound; Irish Sea; Ardbeg
Canmore ID 220647
Site Number NR71SE 8011
NGR NR 773 139
NGR Description NR c. 773 139
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/220647
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR71SE 8011 c. 773 139
N55 22.1 W5 30.9
NLO: Ru Stafnish [name: NR 773 139]
Feochaig [name: NR 763 133].
4 March 1896. ARDBEG, 25 years, of Campbeltown. Wood smack. 29 ton. 2 men. Master T. Wallace. Owner D. McInnes, Falkirk. Greenock to Tarbert, Harris. Fireclay goods. Wind NW7. Ru Staffnage, Kintyre, Argyllshire.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1895-96 (1897 [C.8453] LXXVIII.693).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1003).
(Classified as wooden smack, with cargo of fireclay goods: date of loss cited as 4 March 1896). Ardbeg: this vessel stranded [at] Feochaig, Ru Staffnage [Ru Stafnish]. Capt. Wallace.
Registration: Campbeltown. Built 1871. 29 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 22.00 W5 31.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Ru Staffnage is not noted as such on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but may be tentatively equated with Ru Stafnish.
The present farmstead of Feochaig (NR71SE 17) lies inland, around NR 76374 1337.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 August 2002.
Loss (4 March 1896)
4 March 1896. ARDBEG, 25 years, of Campbeltown. Wood smack. 29 ton. 2 men. Master T. Wallace. Owner D. McInnes, Falkirk. Greenock to Tarbert, Harris. Fireclay goods. Wind NW7. Ru Staffnage, Kintyre, Argyllshire.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1895-96 (1897 [C.8453] LXXVIII.693).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1003).
(Classified as wooden smack, with cargo of fireclay goods: date of loss cited as 4 March 1896). Ardbeg: this vessel stranded [at] Feochaig, Ru Staffnage [Ru Stafnish]. Capt. Wallace.
Registration: Campbeltown. Built 1871. 29 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 22.00 W5 31.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (28 August 2002)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Ru Staffnage is not noted as such on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but may be tentatively equated with Ru Stafnish.
The present farmstead of Feochaig (NR71SE 17) lies inland, around NR 76374 1337.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 August 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6032
Name : ARDBEG
Latitude : 552200
Longitude : 53100
Date Built : 1871
Registration : CAMPBELTOWN
Type : SMACK (WOOD)
Tonnage : 29
Loss Day : 4
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1896
Comment : Stranded Feochaig, Ru Staffnage. Capt. Wallace
Cargo : FIRECLAY GOODS
