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
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.
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