Isabella: Ardbeg, Islay, Atlantic
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Isabella: Ardbeg, Islay, Atlantic
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Canmore ID 298200
Site Number NR44NW 8016
NGR NR 41 46
NGR Description NR c. 41 46
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
NR44NW 8016 c. 41 46
N55 38 W6 7
NLO: Ardbeg [name: NR 415 460].
See also NR44NW 8015.
Glasgow, 19th Jan. During the gale of the 16th Jan., the FAIRY (schr.), of Islay, McMillan, in ballast, drove ashore at Lagavulan [Lagavulin], Islay, and filled: the ISABELLA (smack), of Islay or Greenock, McMillan, drove ashore at Ardbeg, but was got off the following day. A quantity of flour barrels and other wreckage have been driven ashore at Islay.
Source, LL, No. 17,711, London, Saturday, January 21 1871.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11937).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 March 2009.
Evidence Of Loss (16 January 1871)
Glasgow, 19th Jan. During the gale of the 16th Jan., the FAIRY (schr.), of Islay, McMillan, in ballast, drove ashore at Lagavulan [Lagavulin], Islay, and filled: the ISABELLA (smack), of Islay or Greenock, McMillan, drove ashore at Ardbeg, but was got off the following day. A quantity of flour barrels and other wreckage have been driven ashore at Islay.
Source, LL, No. 17,711, London, Saturday, January 21 1871.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11937).
Note (25 March 2009)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 March 2009.
