Loch Sunart (sailing ship)

History
United Kingdom
NameLoch Sunart
NamesakeLoch Sunart
OwnerJames Aitken
OperatorGeneral Shipping Co
Port of registryGlasgow
BuilderA. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse
Yard number135
Launched19 January 1878
Identification
Fatewrecked 13 January 1879
General characteristics
Tonnage1,284 GRT, 1,231 NRT
Length225.5 ft (68.7 m)
Beam35.5 ft (10.8 m)
Depth21.6 ft (6.6 m)
Decks2
Sail plan3 masts, square-rigged ship
Capacity45 passengers
Crew32

Loch Sunart was an iron-hulled sailing ship that was built in Scotland in 1878 for Loch Line's service between Great Britain and Australia. The ship was named after Loch Sunart in Lochaber.

She was wrecked off the coast of Ulster in 1879, but without loss of life. Her crew included Thomas Pearce, who had also survived the wreck of Loch Ard in Australia the previous year.