From wreck of HMS Dartmouth, off Eilean Rubha an Ridire, Sound of Mull

Cannonballs

These ten iron cannonballs were recovered from the wreck of HMS Dartmouth which sunk in a storm off Eilean Rubha an Ridire in the Sound of Mull in 1690.

Cannonball from H.M.S. Dartmouth, lost off Duart Castle in 1699

HMS Dartmouth was part of a naval force intended to prevent Jacobites in Ireland and Scotland linking up and to harass the lands of clans loyal to the Jacobites. When the ship sank almost all the crew was lost.

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Online ID:	000-100-079-372-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.HXD 77.10
Date:	17th century
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Dimensions:	50 mm D 50 mm D 50 mm D 50 mm D 50 mm D 50 mm D 50 mm D 50 mm D 50 mm D 50 mm D
What:	Cannonball Cannonball Cannonball Cannonball Cannonball Cannonball Cannonball Cannonball Cannonball Cannonball
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Who:	H.M.S. Dartmouth H.M.S. Dartmouth H.M.S. Dartmouth H.M.S. Dartmouth H.M.S. Dartmouth H.M.S. Dartmouth H.M.S. Dartmouth H.M.S. Dartmouth H.M.S. Dartmouth H.M.S. Dartmouth
Where:	Scotland, Argyll, Sound of Mull, Duart Point Scotland, Argyll, Sound of Mull, Duart Point Scotland, Argyll, Sound of Mull, Duart Point Scotland, Argyll, Sound of Mull, Duart Point Scotland, Argyll, Sound of Mull, Duart Point Scotland, Argyll, Sound of Mull, Duart Point Scotland, Argyll, Sound of Mull, Duart Point Scotland, Argyll, Sound of Mull, Duart Point Scotland, Argyll, Sound of Mull, Duart Point Scotland, Argyll, Sound of Mull, Duart Point
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