Betty: Upper Firth Of Clyde
Gabbart (19th Century)
Site Name Betty: Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Gabbart (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Greenock'; Inner Clyde Estuary; Betty
Canmore ID 301577
Site Number NS27NE 8179
NGR NS 28 76
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/301577
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Maritime - Inverclyde
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS27NE 8179 unlocated
NLO: Greenock [name: NS 282 760].
Possibly on map sheet and/or within Maritime - Argyll and Bute.
(Classified as wooden gabbart: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 10 February 1869). Betty: this vessel was run down off Greenock.
Built 1801. 47grt. Length: 17m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 57.00 W4 45.00).
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 that is designated as Maritime - Argyll and Bute.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 December 2009.
Loss (10 February 1869)
(Classified as wooden gabbart: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 10 February 1869). Betty: this vessel was run down off Greenock.
Built 1801. 47grt. Length: 17m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 57.00 W4 45.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (14 December 2009)
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 that is designated as Maritime - Argyll and Bute.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 December 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 15724
Name : BETTY
Latitude : 555700
Longitude : 44500
Date Built : 1801
Registration : GLASGOW
Type : GABBART (WOOD)
Tonnage : 47
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 17
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 10
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1869
Comment : Run down off Greenock.
