Tiger: Portpatrick Harbour, Rhinns Of Galloway, North Channel
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Tiger: Portpatrick Harbour, Rhinns Of Galloway, North Channel
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Port Patrick Harbor; Rhins Of Galloway; Irish Sea; Tiger
Canmore ID 122828
Site Number NW95SE 8028
NGR NW 998 540
NGR Description NW c. 998 540
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Maritime - Dumfries And Galloway
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NW95SE 8028 c. 998 540
N54 50.4 W5 7.1
NLO: Portpatrick [name: NW 998 540].
Formerly entered as NW95SE 8129 at cited location NW 9990 5410 (N54 51 W5 7).
Stranraer, 7th Jan. 'The TIGER, is totally wrecked in Port Patrick harbor [Portpatrick harbour]'.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7752, London, Thursday January 10 1839.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7368).
(Classified as schooner: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 15 January 1839). Tiger: this vessel was wrecked in Portpatrick harbour during a gale. (Possibly Greenock registered, B:1822 110B). 79 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N54 50.5 W5 7.17).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Portpatrick Harbour (NW95SE 9.00) is centred at NW 99878 54102.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 December 2001.
Loss (15 January 1839)
Stranraer, 7th Jan. 'The TIGER, is totally wrecked in Port Patrick harbor [Portpatrick harbour]'.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7752, London, Thursday January 10 1839.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7368).
(Classified as schooner: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 15 January 1839). Tiger: this vessel was wrecked in Portpatrick harbour during a gale. (Possibly Greenock registered, B:1822 110B). 79 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N54 50.5 W5 7.17).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (5 December 2001)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Portpatrick Harbour (NW95SE 9.00) is centred at NW 99878 54102.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 December 2001.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 8977
Name : TIGER
Latitude : 545030
Longitude : 50710
Date Built : 1789
Registration : PORTPATRICK
Type : SCHOONER
Tonnage : 81
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 18
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1839
Comment : Wrecked in Portpatrick Harbour during a gale.