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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

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.

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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

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