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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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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Maritime - Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

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.

Activities

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.

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