Erin: Campbeltown Harbour Entrance, Kintyre, Firth Of Clyde
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Erin: Campbeltown Harbour Entrance, Kintyre, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Campbeltown Loch; Outer Clyde Estuary
Canmore ID 272415
Site Number NR72SW 8047
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 8047 c. 722 203
N55 25.4 W5 36
NLO: Campbeltown [name: NR 720 204]
Campbeltown Loch [name centred NR 745 205].
Campbeltown, 23d April. 'The ERIN, Brenan, from Waterford to Glasgow, ran on shore yesterday morning at the entrance to this harbor, and must discharge.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6424, London, Tuesday April 28 1829.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6651).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Campbeltown Harbour (NR72SW 43.00) is centred at NR 72215 20399.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 May 2005.