MHG52094 - DUKE OF ARGYLL: SOUND OF MULL

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Type and Period (2)

  • WRECK (19th Century - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PADDLE STEAMER (Unknown date)

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Full Description

NM54SE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Sound of Mull [name centred NM 58 46].
(Classified as iron, paddle steamship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 12 January 1858). Duke of Argyll: this vessel sank in the Sound of Mull. All gone to Salem, then broken up on the Clyde.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1852. 101grt. Length: 64m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 32.0 W5 55.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. The loss may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area defined as Maritime - Argyll and Bute.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 April 2008. <1>

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Location

Grid reference SV 0000 0000
Map sheet SV00SW
Geographical Area MARITIME

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