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J P Wheeler: Dunollie, Oban Bay, Firth Of Lorn

Ship (19th Century)

Site Name J P Wheeler: Dunollie, Oban Bay, Firth Of Lorn

Classification Ship (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) J. P. Wheeler; Port Mor; Dunolly; Dunally Bay; Dunollie Bay; J P Wheeler

Canmore ID 255814

Site Number NM83SE 8019

NGR NM 852 315

NGR Description NM c. 852 315

Datum Datum not recorded

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NM83SE 8019 c. 852 315

N56 25.6 W5 29

NLO: Oban [name: NM 862 303]

Firth of Lorn [name centred NM 69 19]

Dunollie [name: NM 852 315]

Port Mor [name: NM 851 313].

Possibly on map sheet NM82NE.

1 January 1866, J. P. WHEELER, 892 tons, of New York, partial loss, departed New York for Glasgow, carrying corn, stranded at Dunolly [Dunollie], near Oban.

Statement showing the Casualties that occurred on and off the Islands on the Western Coast of Scotland, between 1st December 1865 and 30th June 1866. Wrecking in the Hebrides.

Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1866 (1867 [3901] LXIV.235).

NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2304).

Greenock, 13th Jan. The ARGYLE (s) brought round from North Uist 700 bags of Indian corn, part of the cargo of the J. P. WHEELER, wrecked at Oban 31st Dec.

Source: LL, No. 16,151, London, Tuesday, January 16 1866.

NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10946).

(Classified as [full-rigged] ship, with cargo of corn: date of loss cited as 1 January 1866). J P Wheeler: this vessel stranded at Dunally [Dunollie] Bay, Oban. Probably all gone.

Registration: American.

(Location of loss cited as N56 25.0 W5 29.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 March 2004.

Activities

Loss (31 December 1865)

1 January 1866, J. P. WHEELER, 892 tons, of New York, partial loss, departed New York for Glasgow, carrying corn, stranded at Dunolly [Dunollie], near Oban.

Statement showing the Casualties that occurred on and off the Islands on the Western Coast of Scotland, between 1st December 1865 and 30th June 1866. Wrecking in the Hebrides.

Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1866 (1867 [3901] LXIV.235).

NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2304).

Greenock, 13th Jan. The ARGYLE (s) brought round from North Uist 700 bags of Indian corn, part of the cargo of the J. P. WHEELER, wrecked at Oban 31st Dec.

Source: LL, No. 16,151, London, Tuesday, January 16 1866.

NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10946).

(Classified as [full-rigged] ship, with cargo of corn: date of loss cited as 1 January 1866). J P Wheeler: this vessel stranded at Dunally [Dunollie] Bay, Oban. Probably all gone.

Registration: American.

(Location of loss cited as N56 25.0 W5 29.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Note (18 March 2004)

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

The date of loss that is cited in the initial (primary) account is accepted.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 March 2004.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 11660

Name : J P WHEELER

Latitude : 562500

Longitude : 52900

Registration : AMERICAN

Type : SHIP

Loss Day : 1

Loss Month : 1

Loss Year : 1866

Comment : Stranded at Dunally Bay, Oban. Probably AG

Cargo : CORN

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