Friends: Campbeltown Harbour, Kintyre, Firth Of Clyde
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Friends: Campbeltown Harbour, Kintyre, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Campbeltown Loch; Outer Clyde Estuary; Friends
Canmore ID 218326
Site Number NR72SW 8012
NGR NR 722 203
NGR Description NR c. 722 203
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
NR72SW 8012 c. 722 203
N55 25.4 W5 36
NLO: Campbeltown [name: NR 720 204]
Campbeltown Loch [name centred NR 745 205].
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of gunpowder, hemp and stone: date of loss cited as 20 November 1860). Friends: this vessel caught fire and blew up at Campbeltown harbour. Capt. Paton. All gone? Not a registry loss.
Registration: Rothesay. Built 1813. 23 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N55 25.00 W5 35.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Campbeltown Harbour (NR72SW 43.00) is centred at NR 72215 20399.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 July 2002.
Loss (20 November 1860)
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of gunpowder, hemp and stone: date of loss cited as 20 November 1860). Friends: this vessel caught fire and blew up at Campbeltown harbour. Capt. Paton. All gone? Not a registry loss.
Registration: Rothesay. Built 1813. 23 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N55 25.00 W5 35.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (15 July 2002)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Campbeltown Harbour (NR72SW 43.00) is centred at NR 72215 20399.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 July 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12985
Name : FRIENDS
Latitude : 552500
Longitude : 53500
Date Built : 1813
Registration : ROTHESAY
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 23
Tonnage Code : B
Loss Day : 20
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1820
Comment : Fire and blew-up at Campbeltown Harbour. Capt. Paton AG? Not a registry loss.
Cargo : GUNPOWDER,HEMP,STONE