Margaret: Lower Loch Fyne, Firth Of Clyde
Lighter (19th Century)
Site Name Margaret: Lower Loch Fyne, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Lighter (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Ardlamont Point'; Kyles Of Bute; Outer Clyde Estuary; Margaret
Canmore ID 302679
Site Number NR96SE 8009
NGR NR 99 63
NGR Description NR c. 99 63
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
NR96SE 8009 c. 99 63
N55 49.0 W5 13.0
NLO: Ardlamont Point [name centred NR 989 637]
Kyles of Bute [name centred NS 040 730]
Loch Fyne [name centred NR 94 89].
Possinly on map sheet NS06SW.
(Classified as wooden lighter, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 9 March 1868). Margaret: this vessel foundered off Ardlamont Point.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1856. 33grt. Length: 20m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 45.00 W4 58.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, and is preferred over that cited by Whittaker, which falls between Bute and Cumbrae.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 February 2010.
Loss (9 March 1868)
(Classified as wooden lighter, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 9 March 1868). Margaret: this vessel foundered off Ardlamont Point.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1856. 33grt. Length: 20m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 45.00 W4 58.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (18 February 2010)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, and is preferred over that cited by Whittaker, which falls between Bute and Cumbrae.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 February 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11871
Name : MARGARET
Latitude : 554500
Longitude : 45800
Date Built : 1856
Registration : GLASGOW
Type : LIGHTER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 33
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 20
Beam : 4
Loss Day : 9
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1868
Comment : Foundered off Ardlamont Point.
Cargo : COAL
