Duke Of Argyll: Sound Of Mull
Paddle Steamer (19th Century)
Site Name Duke Of Argyll: Sound Of Mull
Classification Paddle Steamer (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Duke Of Argyll
Canmore ID 294033
Site Number NM54SE 8001
NGR NM 59 44
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/294033
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM54SE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Sound of Mull [name centred NM 58 46].
Possibly within Maritime - Argyll and Bute.
(Classified as iron, paddle steamship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 12 January 1858). Duke of Argyll: this vessel sank in the Sound of Mull. All gone to Salem, then broken up on the Clyde.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1852. 101grt. Length: 64m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 32.0 W5 55.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area defined as Maritime - Argyll and Bute.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 April 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 15081
Name : DUKE OF ARGYLL
Latitude : 563200
Longitude : 55500
Date Built : 1852
Registration : GLASGOW
Type : SS (IRON)(PADD)
Tonnage : 101
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 64
Beam : 6
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 12
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1858
Comment : Sank in the Sound of Mull, AG to Salem then BU on Clyde.
