Jane: Toward Point, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Jane: Toward Point, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Foreand Point; Inner Clyde Estuary
Canmore ID 282445
Site Number NS16NW 8034
NGR NS 135 670
NGR Description NS c. 135 670
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/282445
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS16NW 8034 c. 135 670
N55 51.6 W4 58.8
NLO: Toward Point [name: NS 135 670].
Rothsay [Rothesay], I.B., 10th Feb. A large brig, outward bound, got on shore this day on Foreand [Toward] Point, and is filling: crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 10,891, London, Tuesday February 13 1849.
Rothsay [Rothesay], I.B., 12th Feb. The outward bound brig which got on shore on Toward Point, 10th inst., is the JANE, and she still remains.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 10,893, London, Thursday February 15 1849.
Rothsay [Rothesay], I.B., 27th Feb. The JANE, of Barmouth, which went on shore on Toward Point 10th inst., has been got off and towed into Greenock to be repaired.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 10,906, London, Friday March 2 1849.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8484).
Toward Point Lighthouse (NS16NW 12.00) is at NS 13623 67226.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 31 August 2006.