Duart Castle: Morvern, Sound Of Mull
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Duart Castle: Morvern, Sound Of Mull
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Douart Castle; 'on The Morven Shore, Opposite Tobermory'
Canmore ID 272698
Site Number NM55NW 8032
NGR NM 54 55
NGR Description NM c. 54 55
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM55NW 8032 c. 54 55
N56 37 W6 1
NLO: Tobermory [name: NM 505 555]
Sound of Mull [name centred NM 58 46].
Possibly on map sheet NM55SW.
Tobermory, 18th Jan. The DUART CASTLE (a small smack), drove out of this harbour, with no one on board, went on Morven shore, and is expected to become a wreck.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,979, London, Saturday January 22 1859.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9615).
(Classified as smack: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 17 January 1858). Douart [Duart?] Castle: this vessel was wrecked on the Morven [Morven] shore, opposite Tobermory.
Registration: Campbeltown. Built 1840. 21 tons burthern. Length: 11m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 38.0 W6 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this loss is essentially tentative. The vessel was presumably not recovered.
The date and spelling of the name assigned by Whittaker remain unverified; those cited in the primary account are preferred.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 June 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3807
Name : DOUART CASTLE
Latitude : 563800
Longitude : 60000
Date Built : 1840
Registration : CAMPBELTOWN
Type : SMACK
Tonnage : 21
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 11
Beam : 4
Loss Day : 17
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1858
Comment : Wrecked on Morven shore opp. Tobermory
