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Betty: Toward Point, Upper Firth Of Clyde

Sloop (19th Century)

Site Name Betty: Toward Point, Upper Firth Of Clyde

Classification Sloop (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Inner Clyde Estuary; Betty

Canmore ID 301960

Site Number NS16NW 8044

NGR NS 135 670

NGR Description NS c. 135 670

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

Archaeology Notes

NS16NW 8044 c. 135 670

N55 51.6 W4 58.8

NLO: Toward Point [name: NS 135 670].

(Classified as sloop, with cargo of herring: date of loss cited as 28 January 1802). Betty: this vessel was wrecked at Toward Point. Capt. McKirdy.

Registration: Rothesay.

(Location of loss cited as N55 52.00 W5 0.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location of loss assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Toward Point Lighthouse (NS16NW 12.00) is at NS 13623 67226.

This vessel evidently stranded.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 January 2010.

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Loss (28 January 1802)

(Classified as sloop, with cargo of herring: date of loss cited as 28 January 1802). Betty: this vessel was wrecked at Toward Point. Capt. McKirdy.

Registration: Rothesay.

(Location of loss cited as N55 52.00 W5 0.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Note (18 January 2010)

The location of loss assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Toward Point Lighthouse (NS16NW 12.00) is at NS 13623 67226.

This vessel evidently stranded.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 January 2010.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 17174

Name : BETTY

Latitude : 555200

Longitude : 50000

Registration : ROTHESAY

Type : SLOOP

Loss Day : 28

Loss Month : 1

Loss Year : 1802

Comment : Wrecked at Toward Point. Capt. McKirdy

Cargo : HERRING

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