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Friendship: Campbeltown Harbour Entrance, Kintyre, Firth Of Clyde
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Friendship: Campbeltown Harbour Entrance, Kintyre, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Campbeltown Loch; Outer Clyde Estuary; Friendship
Canmore ID 275554
Site Number NR72SW 8061
NGR NR 722 203
NGR Description NR c. 722 203
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/275554
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR72SW 8061 c. 722 203
N55 25.4 W5 36
NLO: Campbeltown [name: NR 720 204]
Campbeltown Loch [name centred NR 745 205].
Campbeltown, 1st Oct. 'The FRIENDSHIP, Dagleish, from Ayr to London, drove from her anchors yesterday evening, and went on the rocks at the entrance of the harbor, and is full of water.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9537, London, Friday October 4 1844.
Campbeltown, 10th Oct. 'The FRIENDSHIP, Dagleish, from Ayr to London, which got on the rocks at the entrance of this harbour, 30th ult., went to pieces during the night of the 8th instant; materials previously saved; cargo lost.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9545, London, Monday October 14 1844.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7878).
(Classified as brig: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 30 September 1844). Friendship: this vessel was driven from anchor and wrecked at the entrance to the Campbeltown Harbour. [Capt] Dalgleish.
Registration: Maryport. Built 1781. 86 tons burthern. Length: 18m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 25.00 W5 35.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Campbeltown Harbour (NR72SW 43.00) is centred at NR 72215 20399.
The classification cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 September 2005.
Loss (30 September 1844)
Campbeltown, 1st Oct. 'The FRIENDSHIP, Dagleish, from Ayr to London, drove from her anchors yesterday evening, and went on the rocks at the entrance of the harbor, and is full of water.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9537, London, Friday October 4 1844.
Campbeltown, 10th Oct. 'The FRIENDSHIP, Dagleish, from Ayr to London, which got on the rocks at the entrance of this harbour, 30th ult., went to pieces during the night of the 8th instant; materials previously saved; cargo lost.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9545, London, Monday October 14 1844.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7878).
(Classified as brig: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 30 September 1844). Friendship: this vessel was driven from anchor and wrecked at the entrance to the Campbeltown Harbour. [Capt] Dalgleish.
Registration: Maryport. Built 1781. 86 tons burthern. Length: 18m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 25.00 W5 35.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (30 September 2005)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Campbeltown Harbour (NR72SW 43.00) is centred at NR 72215 20399.
The classification cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 September 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14306
Name : FRIENDSHIP
Latitude : 552500
Longitude : 53500
Date Built : 1781
Registration : MARYPORT
Type : BRIG
Tonnage : 86
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 18
Beam : 6
Loss Day : 30
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1844
Comment : Driven from anchor and wrecked at entrance to Campbeltown Harbour. Dalgleish
