Mountaineer: Lady's Rock, Firth Of Lorn
Paddle Steamer (19th Century)
Site Name Mountaineer: Lady's Rock, Firth Of Lorn
Classification Paddle Steamer (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sound Of Mull; Duart; Lady Rock; Lady Isle; Mountaineer
Canmore ID 118060
Site Number NM73SE 8004
NGR NM 772 343
NGR Description NM c. 772 343
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
NM73SE 8004 c. 772 343
N56 26.9 W5 36.9
NLO: Lady's Rock [name: NM 772 343]
Sound of Mull [name centred NM 58 46]
Firth of Lorn [name centred NM 69 19].
For possibly co-located remains of the Clydesdale, see NM73SE 8003.
Location formerly entered as NM 7716 3438 [N56 26.9 W5 36.9].
27 September 1889. MOUNTAINEER. 37 years of Glasgow. Iron steamship. 51 ton. 23 men. Master D. McCullum. Owner D. McBrayne, Glasgow. Gairloch, Ross to Oban. Sheep, fish, 23 passengers. Wind NW9. Lady Rock near Lismore lighthouse (photos exist, supposed to be 1st steamer ever fitted with bridge telegraph CB).
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1889-90 (1890-91 [C.6468] LXXVI.485).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1510).
(Classified as iron paddle steamship, with cargo of sheep and fish: date of loss cited as 27 September 1889). Mountaineer: this vessel stranded on Lady Isle [Lady's Rock] and broke in two, the after part lying in deep water. Capt. McCallum.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1852. 188grt. Length: 58m. Beam: 6m.
(location of loss cited as N56 26.67 W5 36.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Material reported under RoW amnesty (2001):
A1953 2 portholes: from seabed (from Mountaineer or Clydesdale).
[No depth or accurate location specified].
NMRS, MS/829/35.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 July 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2908
Name : MOUNTAINEER
Latitude : 562640
Longitude : 53645
Date Built : 1852
Registration : GLASGOW
Type : SS (IRON)(PADD)
Tonnage : 188
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 58
Beam : 6
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 27
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1889
Comment : Stranded on Lady Isle, broke in two, aft part in deep water. Capt. McCallum
Cargo : SHEEP AND FISH
Project (2013 - 2015)
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