Unknown: Kyles Of Bute, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Wherry (18th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Kyles Of Bute, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Wherry (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Inner Clyde Estuary; Unknown 1773
Canmore ID 301716
Site Number NS07NW 8008
NGR NS 04 73
NGR Description NS c. 04 73
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
NS07NW 8008 c. 04 73
N55 57 W5 12
NLO: Kyles of Bute [name centred NS 040 730].
Possibly on map sheet NS07NE.
(Classified as wherry: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 2 June 1773). Unknown: this vessel was upset [capsized] in the Kyles of Bute. 5 lost.
(Location of loss cited as N55 55.00 W5 14.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
It remains uncertain whether, where and when this vessel subsequently stranded or sank.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 January 2010.
Loss (2 June 1773)
(Classified as wherry: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 2 June 1773). Unknown: this vessel was upset [capsized] in the Kyles of Bute. 5 lost.
(Location of loss cited as N55 55.00 W5 14.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (5 January 2010)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
It remains uncertain whether, where and when this vessel subsequently stranded or sank.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 January 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 17987
Name : UNKNOWN 1773
Latitude : 555500
Longitude : 51400
Type : WHERRY
Loss Day : 2
Loss Month : 6
Loss Year : 1773
Comment : Upset in the Kyles of Bute. 5 lost
