Betsey: Blackwaterfoot, Arran, Firth Of Clyde
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Betsey: Blackwaterfoot, Arran, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Blackwater Foot; 'west Side Of Arran'; Drumadoon Bay; Outer Clyde Estuary; Kilbrannan Sound; Betsey
Canmore ID 271840
Site Number NR82NE 8007
NGR NR 89 28
NGR Description NR c. 89 28
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/271840
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Maritime - North Ayrshire
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR82NE 8007 c. 89 28
N55 30 W5 20
NLO: Blackwaterfoot [name: NR 895 282]
Drumadoon Bay [name centred NR 888 279]
Kilbrannan Sound [name centred NR 83 40]
Isle of Arran [name centred NR 95 35].
Brodick, Arran, 18th Nov. 'The BETSEY, Smith, of and from Belfast to Glasgow, was wrecked yesterday morning at Blackwater Foot [Blackwaterfoot], on the west side of this island. Only 11, out of 34 passengers, and one of the crew saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 5962, London, Tuesday November 23 1824.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6382).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 18 November 1824). Betsey: this vessel was wrecked at Blackwater Foot [Blackwaterfoot], West side of Arran. Capt. Smith.
Registration: Belfast.
(Location of loss cited as N55 30.0 W5 20.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 April 2005.
Loss (18 November 1824)
Brodick, Arran, 18th Nov. 'The BETSEY, Smith, of and from Belfast to Glasgow, was wrecked yesterday morning at Blackwater Foot [Blackwaterfoot], on the west side of this island. Only 11, out of 34 passengers, and one of the crew saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 5962, London, Tuesday November 23 1824.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6382).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 18 November 1824). Betsey: this vessel was wrecked at Blackwater Foot [Blackwaterfoot], West side of Arran. Capt. Smith.
Registration: Belfast.
(Location of loss cited as N55 30.00 W5 20.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (12 April 2005)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 April 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 13048
Name : BETSEY
Latitude : 553000
Longitude : 52000
Registration : BELFAST
Type : SLOOP
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1824
Comment : Wrecked at Blackwater Foot, west side of Arran. Capt. Smith
