Betty: Isle Of Whithorn, Wigtown Bay, Solway Firth
Sloop (18th Century)
Site Name Betty: Isle Of Whithorn, Wigtown Bay, Solway Firth
Classification Sloop (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Betty
Canmore ID 300871
Site Number NX43NE 8054
NGR NX 480 360
NGR Description NX c. 480 360
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
NX43NE 8054 c. 480 360
N54 41.8 W4 21.5
NLO: Isle of Whithorn [name: NX 479 365]
Wigtown Bay [name centred NX 52 48].
Location formerly entered as NX c. 479 365 [N54 42 W4 21.6], and also as NX c. 476 362 [N54 41.9 W4 21.9].
See also NX43NE 8060.
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as June 1793). Betty: this vessel was wrecked on [the] Isle of Whithorn.
Registration: Port Glasgow. Built 1774. 50 tons burthern. Length: 11m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N54 41.75 W4 21.67).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 October 2009.
Loss (1 June 1793 - 30 June 1793)
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as June 1793). Betty: this vessel was wrecked on [the] Isle of Whithorn.
Registration: Port Glasgow. Built 1774. 50 tons burthern. Length: 11m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N54 41.75 W4 21.67).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (22 October 2009)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 October 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 15833
Name : BETTY
Latitude : 544145
Longitude : 42140
Date Built : 1774
Registration : PORT GLASGOW
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 50
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 11
Beam : 5
Loss Month : 6
Loss Year : 1793
Comment : Wrecked on Isle of Whithorn.