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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

Archaeology Notes

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.

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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

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