Laetitia: Colonsay, Atlantic
Sloop (18th Century)
Site Name Laetitia: Colonsay, Atlantic
Classification Sloop (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off The West Side Of Colonsay'; Laetitia
Canmore ID 297043
Site Number NR39SW 8002
NGR NR 32 90
NGR Description NR c. 32 90
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
NR39SW 8002 c. 32 90
N56 2 W6 18
NLO: Colonsay [name centred NR 37 93].
Possibly on map sheet NR38NW.
(Classified as sloop, in ballast: date of loss cited as January 1761). Laetitia: this vessel was wrecked and sunk off the West end of Colonsay.
Registration: Solway.
(Location of loss cited as N56 2.0 W6 18.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The 'West end of Colonsay' is not clearly defined.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 November 2008.
Loss (1 January 1761 - 31 January 1761)
(Classified as sloop, in ballast: date of loss cited as January 1761). Laetitia: this vessel was wrecked and sunk off the West end of Colonsay.
Registration: Solway.
(Location of loss cited as N56 2.0 W6 18.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (20 November 2008)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The 'West end of Colonsay' is not clearly defined.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 November 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 18000
Name : LAETITIA
Latitude : 560200
Longitude : 61800
Registration : SOLWAY
Type : SLOOP
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1761
Comment : Wrecked and sunk off the west end of Colonsay.
Cargo : BALLAST
