Girzie: Keil, Kintyre, North Channel
Sloop (18th Century)
Site Name Girzie: Keil, Kintyre, North Channel
Classification Sloop (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Keill; Campbeltown; Irish Sea; Girzie
Canmore ID 305877
Site Number NR60NE 8038
NGR NR 67 07
NGR Description NR c. 67 07
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
NR60NE 8038 c. 67 07
N55 18 W5 40
NLO: Keil Point [name: NR 670 078]
Campbeltown [name: NR 720 204].
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of oil and wine: date of loss cited as 6 February 1795). Girzie: this vessel was wrecked at Keill [Keil], near Campbeltown. Capt. Taylor.
Registration: greenock. Built 1787. 62 tons burthern. Length: 16m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 18.50 W5 40.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Keil House (NR60NE 28.00) is at NR 67718 07900.
This vessel evidently stranded.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 August 2010.
Loss (6 February 1795)
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of oil and wine: date of loss cited as 6 February 1795). Girzie: this vessel was wrecked at Keill [Keil], near Campbeltown. Capt. Taylor.
Registration: greenock. Built 1787. 62 tons burthern. Length: 16m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 18.50 W5 40.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (16 August 2010)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Keil House (NR60NE 28.00) is at NR 67718 07900.
This vessel evidently stranded.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 August 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 15196
Name : GIRZIE
Latitude : 551830
Longitude : 54000
Date Built : 1787
Registration : GREENOCK
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 62
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 16
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1795
Comment : Wrecked at Keill, near Campbeltown. Capt. Taylor
Cargo : IRON, WINE
