Narwhal: Upper Firth Of Clyde
Craft (20th Century)
Site Name Narwhal: Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Craft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off Craigmore Pier'; Craigmore; Bute; Inner Clyde Estuary; Narwhal
Canmore ID 252475
Site Number NS16NW 8024
NGR NS 106 655
NGR Description NS c. 10 65
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/252475
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS16NW 8024 c. 10 65
N55 50 W5 2
NLO: Craigmore [name: NS 107 650].
Possibly on map sheet NS06NE.
12 July 1887. NARWHAL. 3 years. Not reg. Wood yacht. 1 ton. None on board. Owner C. Henderson Jun., Craigmore, Buteshire. Anchored off Craigmore. Ballast. Collided a steamer name unknown. Wind SW3. Off Craigmore Pier.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1887-88 (1889 [C.5730] LXIX.597).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1721).
(Classified as wooden yacht, in ballast: date of loss cited as 12 July 1887). Narwhal: this vessel was in collision and sank off Craigmore. Capt. Henderson.
Not registered. Built 1884. 1 ton [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 51.0 W5 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. 'Craigmore pier' is not indicated as such on the 1995 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but is probably to be equated with Craigmore Old Pier (NS16NW 72) which extends from NS 10310 65510 to NS 10319 65478.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 August 2002.
Loss (12 July 1887)
12 July 1887. NARWHAL. 3 years. Not reg. Wood yacht. 1 ton. None on board. Owner C. Henderson Jun., Craigmore, Buteshire. Anchored off Craigmore. Ballast. Collided a steamer name unknown. Wind SW3. Off Craigmore Pier.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1887-88 (1889 [C.5730] LXIX.597).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1721).
(Classified as wooden yacht, in ballast: date of loss cited as 12 July 1887). Narwhal: this vessel was in collision and sank off Craigmore. Capt. Henderson.
Not registered. Built 1884. 1 ton [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 51.0 W5 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (21 August 2002)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. 'Craigmore pier' is not indicated as such on the 1995 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but is probably to be equated with Craigmore Old Pier (NS16NW 72) which extends from NS 10310 65510 to NS 10319 65478.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 August 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3961
Name : NARWHAL
Latitude : 555100
Longitude : 50000
Date Built : 1884
Registration : Not Registered
Type : YACHT (WOOD)
Tonnage : 1
Loss Day : 12
Loss Month : 7
Loss Year : 1887
Comment : Collision and sunk off Craigmore. Capt. Henderson
Cargo : BALLAST