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
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.
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