THE KINTYRE
ANTIQUARIAN and
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
MAGAZINE

Taken from
Issue Number 33 June 1993

CONTENTS

LIST OF SHIPS IN 1820
REGISTERED, OR BUILT, IN CAMPBELTOWN.
Ship Name Class Master Tonnage Where Built When Built Owner Trade
Active sloop J McDougall 29 Islay 1818 A McDougall coasting
Alert brig R Colvill 108 Anstruther 1803 Wm Watson foreign
Alexander sloop M McMillan 16 Gourock 1805 Arch'd Armour coasting
Ann sloop A Reid 41 Campbeltown 1800 A Ralston coasting
Ann and Elizabeth smack R Shearer 45 - 1815 W Watson coasting
Ardmore sloop W Mckinnon 21 Islay 1814 W Mckinnon coasting
Bella sloop D McMillan 67 A Prize -- W & J Harvey coasting
Brothers sloop D McCoag 46 Greenock 1802 John McFarlane coasting
Brothers sloop P McMath 25 Campbeltown 1819 R & C Colvill coasting
Brothers smack A Taylor 16 Skipness 1809 J & A Taylor coasting
Caledonia sloop D McTaggart 44 Plymouth 1808 D McTaggart coasting
Caledonia brig J Watson 131 Arbroath 1812 W Watson foreign
Campbeltown brig W Colvill 48 Campbeltown 1793 W Watson coasting
Dan sloop M Fleeming 53 Kincardine 1779 A Ralston coasting
Diamond sloop L McDougall 59 Pt Glasgow 1766 Peter Stewart coasting
Dolphin sloop D Ballantine 60 - 1765 S Kilpatrick coasting
Eleanora sloop A Duncan 50 Pt Glasgow 1786 Andrew Ralston coasting
Emperor Alexander smack M Wallace 27 Whitehaven 1814 John Co1vi11 coasting
Endeavour sloop D Campbell 28 Campbeltown 1800 Andrew Ralston coasting
Eugenia smack A McMillan 15 Tarbert 1818 Arch'd McMillan coasting
Glencairn sloop D Colvill 44 Islay 1805 Hill & Campbell coasting
Good Interest sloop J McFarlane 20 Greenock 1802 J McFarlane coasting
Grace sloop J Jamieson 52 Greenock 1812 C McKinlay coasting
Harmony sloop A Colvill 60 Campbeltown 1817 R & C Colvill coasting
Helen smack J Campbell 15 Greenock 1810 John Campbell coasting
Helen. sloop A Mclarty 25 Campbeltown 1814 Malcolm McNeil coasting
Helen sloop D Mathieson 29 A Prize -- D McTaggart coasting
Jane brig A Colvill 169 King's Lynn 1799 Nath McNair foreign
Jannet sloop T Blackstock 26 Campbeltown 1812 R & C Colvill coasting
Jean sloop A McMath 28 Gourock 1819 Arch'd Colvill coasting
Jean sloop A McMillan 54 Ft William 1814 Harvey & Hope coasting
Jean smack N Smith 22 Campbeltown 1817 Neil Smith coasting
John sloop J Clark 57 A Prize -- Wm Harvey coasting
John & Nancy smack D Taylor 26 Isle of Man 1800 Jas Taylor coasting
Isabella sloop J Ryburn 48 Dumbarton 1802 John Gillies coasting
Kitty sloop J Brown 17 Bally---- 1799 John Brown coasting
Kitty sloop J Johnston 22 Islay 1817 A Johnston coasting
Kitty sloop J McDonald 17 Fairlie 1816 John McTaggart coasting
Lady Endergally sloop W Ryburn 34 Eyemouth 1803 Wm Watson coasting
Liberty sloop J McLachlan 41 Brixham 1808 John McCalman coasting
Lilly sloop L McNeill 27 Islay 1813 Lachlan McNeill coasting
Margaret sloop J McEachran 25 Campbeltown 1814- Malcolm McNeil coasting
Margaret brig D McGill 133 Bo'ness 1800 D Campbell foreign
Margaret brig R McMillan 128 Bo'ness 1803 Wm Watson foreign
Margaret & Ann smack J McIndeor 18 Islay 1817 John McIndeor coasting
Marion sloop J Harvie 36 Maryport 1804 W Armour coasting
Martin cutter A McMillan 37 Brixham 1795 John McNeill coasting
Mary sloop R Ferguson 39 Bowling 1792 A Ralston coasting
Mary sloop D McNair 16 Larne 1800 Sw. McQuillian coasting
Mary Ann smack D McMillan 15 Jura 1815 A McDonald coasting
Mayflower sloop D Cameron 33 Campbeltown 1818 Peter Stewart coasting
Nelly & Margaret sloop J Ferguson 30 Bo' ness 1804 R & C Colvill coasting
Peggy smack J Black 16 Islay 1803 Robt Livingston coasting
Peggy sloop J Langwill 36 Greenock 1790 Harvey & Hope coasting
Peggy sloop J McDougall 15 Islay 1816 J McDougall coasting
Sally sloop A Sinclair 16 Gourock 1816 Sinclair & McMillan coasting
Seaton sloop R Shearer 4-2 Leith 1807 Arch'd Colvill coasting
Speedwell sloop A Smith 21 Ardyne 1802 J Dunlop coasting
Swallow sloop A McNeil 26 Colonsay 1812 John McNeil coasting
Trial Packet sloop L McIsaac 67 Berwick 1800 Harvey & Hope coasting

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