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Garnet: Port Kemin, Rhinns of Galloway, North Channel

Steamship (19th Century)-(1890)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Garnet: Port Kemin, Rhinns of Galloway, North Channel as Steamship (19th Century)-(1890). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The *Garnet* was a 19th-century steamship, built in 1890, and wrecked near Port Kemin, Rhinns of Galloway, in the North Channel. It was lost in 1893 when it struck rocks during a storm, resulting in the loss of all 12 crew members and a cargo of coal; the wreck remains an important local maritime heritage site.

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