Diamond: Isle Of Whithorn Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway Firth
Gabbart (19th Century)
Site Name Diamond: Isle Of Whithorn Bay, Wigtown Bay, Solway Firth
Classification Gabbart (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Isle Of Whithorn; Whithorn Harbour Entrance; Diamond
Canmore ID 124370
Site Number NX43NE 8003
NGR NX 478 360
NGR Description NX c. 478 360
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
NX43NE 8003 c. 478 360
N54 41.8 W4 21.7
NLO: Isle of Whithorn [name: NX 479 365]
Wigtown Bay [name centred NX 52 48].
Location formerly entered as NX 4770 3630 (N54 41.9 W4 21.8) and as NX c. 478 365 (N54 42.0 W4 21.7).
For Isle of Whithorn, harbour (NX 47787 36242), see NX43NE 27.00.
(Classified as gabbart, with cargo of rum and hides: date of loss cited as 16 November 1812). Diamond: this vessel struck a sunken rock at Whithorn Harbour. Capt, Connel.
Registration: Greenock. Built 1804. 73 tons burthern. Length: 16m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N54 41.75 W4 21.67).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The loss of this vessel probably occurred within the lengthy entrance to the harbour at Isle of Whithorn (at NX 47787 36242), for which see NX43NE 27.00.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 October 2009.
Loss (16 November 1812)
(Classified as gabbart, with cargo of rum and hides: date of loss cited as 16 November 1812). Diamond: this vessel struck a sunken rock at Whithorn Harbour. Capt, Connel.
Registration: Greenock. Built 1804. 73 tons burthern. Length: 16m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N54 41.75 W4 21.67).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (23 October 2009)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The loss of this vessel probably occurred within the lengthy entrance to the harbour at Isle of Whithorn (at NX 47787 36242), for which see NX43NE 27.00.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 October 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 8308
Name : DIAMOND
Latitude : 544145
Longitude : 42140
Date Built : 1804
Registration : GREENOCK
Type : GABBART
Tonnage : 73
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 16
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 16
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1812
Comment : Struck sunken rock at Whithorn Harbour. Capt. Connel
Cargo : RUM, HIDES