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Swan: Oban Bay, Firth Of Lorn

Steamship (20th Century)

Site Name Swan: Oban Bay, Firth Of Lorn

Classification Steamship (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Swan

Canmore ID 118102

Site Number NM83SE 8006

NGR NM 854 302

NGR Description NM c. 854 302

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

Archaeology Notes

NM83SE 8006 c. 854 302

N56 24.9 W5 28.8

NLO: Oban [name: NM 860 300]

Oban Bay [name centred NM 854 302]

Firth of Lorn [name centred NM 69 19].

Location formerly cited as NM 8545 3035 [N56 24.9 W5 28.7].

Possibly on map sheets NM82NW, or NM83SW.

(Classified as wooden steam launch, with cargo of water: date of loss cited as 15 July 1901). Swan: this vessel was in collision and sank in Oban Bay (Fingal). Capt. Burrows.

Not registered. Built 1887. 14nrt.

(Location of loss cited as N56 25.0 W5 29.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 April 2002.

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Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 4702

Name : SWAN

Latitude : 562500

Longitude : 52900

Date Built : 1887

Registration : Not Registered

Type : STEAM LAUNCH (WOOD)

Tonnage : 14

Tonnage Code : N

Loss Day : 15

Loss Month : 7

Loss Year : 1901

Comment : Collision and sunk Oban Bay (FINGAL). Capt. Burrows

Cargo : WATER

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