Kestrel: Atlantic
Steam Lighter (20th Century)
Site Name Kestrel: Atlantic
Classification Steam Lighter (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Six Miles Off Machrihanish'; North Channel; Irish Sea; Kestrel
Canmore ID 304728
Site Number NR43SE 8004
NGR NR 49 30
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/304728
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR43SE 8004 unlocated
NLO: Islay [name centred NR 38 60]
Machrihanish [name: NR 638 207].
(Classified as steam lighter, with cargo of crushed limestone: date of loss cited as 15 November 1929). Kestrel: this vessel foundered six miles off Machrihanish on route to Islay.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1902. 100grt.
(Location of loss cited as N55 30.00 W5 58.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 June 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9796
Name : KESTREL
Latitude : 553000
Longitude : 55800
Date Built : 1902
Registration : GLASGOW
Type : STEAM LIGHTER
Tonnage : 100
Tonnage Code : G
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1929
Comment : Foundered 6 miles off Machrihanish on route to Islay.
Cargo : CRUSHED LIMESTONE
