Helen: Upper Firth Of Clyde
Gabbart (19th Century)
Site Name Helen: Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Gabbart (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Two Miles From Rothesay, Near Kames Bay'; Bute; Inner Clyde Estuary; Helen
Canmore ID 301799
Site Number NR97SE 8012
NGR NR 97 72
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/301799
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR97SE 8012 unlocated
NLO: Kames Bay [name centred NS 073 677]
Rothesay [name: NS 088 645].
(Classified as wooden gabbart, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 7 May 1810). Helen: this vessel foundered two miles from Rothesay, near Kames Bay.
Registration: Rothesay.
(Location of loss cited as N55 54.00 W5 14.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 January 2010.
Loss (7 May 1810)
(Classified as wooden gabbart, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 7 May 1810). Helen: this vessel foundered two miles from Rothesay, near Kames Bay.
Registration: Rothesay.
(Location of loss cited as N55 54.00 W5 14.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (8 January 2010)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 January 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 7319
Name : HELEN
Latitude : 555400
Longitude : 51400
Registration : ROTHESAY
Type : GABBART (WOOD)
Loss Day : 7
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1810
Comment : Foundered 2 miles from Rothesay, near Kames Bay.
Cargo : COAL