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Grasmere: Portpatrick Harbour, Rhinns Of Galloway, North Channel

Steamship (19th Century)

Site Name Grasmere: Portpatrick Harbour, Rhinns Of Galloway, North Channel

Classification Steamship (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Port Patrick; Irish Sea

Canmore ID 257296

Site Number NW95SE 8054

NGR NW 998 540

NGR Description NW c. 998 540

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

Archaeology Notes

NW95SE 8054 c. 998 540

N54 50.4 W5 7.1

NLO: Portpatrick [name: NW 998 540].

Stranraer, 25th Jan., 1.50 p.m., screw steamer GRASMERE, of Newcastle, from Whitehaven to Bowling, with pig iron, struck on rock in Port Patrick [Portpatrick] harbour, and is full of water.

Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 19,892, London, Saturday January 26 1878.

Port Patrick, 25th Jan., 1.45 p.m., steamer GRASMERE, from Whitehaven to Bowling, with iron ore, struck on rock in harbour: fore water-tight compartment full of water.

Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 19,892, London, Saturday January 26 1878.

Stranraer, 26th Jan., the GRASMERE (s), from Whitehaven to Bowling, which struck on a rock in Port Patrick harbour, is loaded with iron ore, not pig iron, as before reported. It appears that the vessel can easily be cleared of water and [Record received incomplete].

NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4712).

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Portpatrick Harbour (NW95SE 9.00) is centred at NW 99878 54102.

The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 April 2004.

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