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Jean: Ardlamont Point, Lower Loch Fyne, Firth Of Clyde
Lighter (19th Century)
Site Name Jean: Ardlamont Point, Lower Loch Fyne, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Lighter (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Aird Lamont Point; Airdlamont Point; Kyles Of Bute; Outer Clyde Estuary; Jean
Canmore ID 284813
Site Number NR96SE 8006
NGR NR 990 640
NGR Description NR c. 990 640
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/284813
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR96SE 8006 c. 990 640
N55 49.6 W5 12.6
NLO: Ardlamont Point [name centred NR 989 637]
Kyles of Bute [name centred NS 040 730]
Loch Fyne [name centred NR 94 89].
Not to be confused with NR86SW 8008.
Greenock, 6th Oct. A lighter, reported to be the JEAN, of this port, from Furnace (Lochfine), to the Clyde, with stones, went to pieces on Aird Lamont [Ardlamont] Point, and the bodies of two men have been washed ashore.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 14,512, London, Monday October 8 1860.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9906).
(Classified as lighter: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 6 October 1860). Jean: this vessel was wrecked at Airdlamont [Ardlamont] Point.
(Location of loss cited as N55 49.50 W5 12.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 November 2006.
Loss (6 October 1860)
Greenock, 6th Oct. A lighter, reported to be the JEAN, of this port, from Furnace (Lochfine), to the Clyde, with stones, went to pieces on Aird Lamont [Ardlamont] Point, and the bodies of two men have been washed ashore.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 14,512, London, Monday October 8 1860.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9906).
(Classified as lighter: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 6 October 1860). Jean: this vessel was wrecked at Airdlamont [Ardlamont] Point.
(Location of loss cited as N55 49.50 W5 12.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (24 November 2006)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 November 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11134
Name : JEAN
Latitude : 554930
Longitude : 51200
Type : LIGHTER
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1860
Comment : Wrecked at Airdlamont Point
