Thomas: Loch Striven, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Thomas: Loch Striven, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'At The Mouth Of Loch Strivan '; 'at The Entrance To Loch Striven'; Brackley Point; Strone Point; Kyles Of Bute; Inner Clyde Estuary; Thomas
Canmore ID 284888
Site Number NS07SE 8005
NGR NS 07 71
NGR Description NS c. 07 71
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS07SE 8005 c. 07 71
N55 54 W5 5
NLO: Brackley Point [name: NS 090 739]
Strone Point [name: NS 076 714]
Kyles of Bute [name centred NS 040 730]
Loch Striven [name centred NS 086 723].
Greenock, 6th Oct. The THOMAS (sloop), of Rothesay, Duncan, is ashore a total wreck at the mouth of Loch Strivan [Striven].
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 14,512, London, Monday October 8 1860.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9901).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 6 October 1860). Thomas: this vessel was wrecked at the entrance to Loch Striven.
(Location of loss cited as N55 54.0 W5 3.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. This vessel evidently stranded on either Strone Point (to the W of the entrance to Loch Striven) or near Brackley Point (to the E of the entrance).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 November 2006.
Loss (6 October 1860)
Greenock, 6th Oct. The THOMAS (sloop), of Rothesay, Duncan, is ashore a total wreck at the mouth of Loch Strivan [Striven].
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 14,512, London, Monday October 8 1860.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9901).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 6 October 1860). Thomas: this vessel was wrecked at the entrance to Loch Striven.
(Location of loss cited as N55 54.0 W5 3.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (29 November 2006)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. This vessel evidently stranded on either Strone Point (to the W of the entrance to Loch Striven) or near Brackley Point (to the E of the entrance).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 November 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11130
Name : THOMAS
Latitude : 555400
Longitude : 50300
Registration : ROTHESAY
Type : SLOOP
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1860
Comment : Wrecked at the entrance to Loch Striven
