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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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Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

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.

Activities

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)

Project SAMPHIRE was designed to bring professional marine archaeological expertise into local maritime communities. The central focus of the project was to record the unique knowledge of maritime cultural heritage sites on the seabed (and intertidal zone) that is held within local communities. This was done through a programme of face-to-face community engagement, allowing knowledge exchange in both directions. The reported sites were then investigated by the SAMPHIRE Project team with the maximum involvement of local community members at every level, including fieldwork and desk-based research. The project aimed to foster a wider understanding of and interest in local maritime heritage and to promote the stewardship of this valuable local resource.

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