| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Free Church Building Association |
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| Other names |
| FREE CHURCH - STRONTIAN FREE CHURCH |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
Known as FLOATING CHURCH, although not found registered. FREE CHURCH and STRONTIAN FREE CHURCH have also been suggested.
She moored at Ardnastang Bay, near Strontian on Loch Sunart. It has been said that she arrived 12th June, 1846 but as some completion work remained after launch, that date cannot be confirmed.
The contract price was £1,400 subscribed by the congregation and served the Free Church for many years until the landlord made a site available for a stone church in 1869. |
| Remarks |
Describing the ship-type presents some difficulty. A sailing vessel perhaps and floating, no doubt, but permanently moored. Neither would the category adequately fit, "pleasure", or "recreational".
Fitted with a pulpit and seating for 400 worshippers.
One of the anchors used to moor the church was discovered in 2016; leading to a plan to raise the anchor and display it in Strontian. |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
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| Disposal Detail |
| Said to have been driven ashore in a storm and eventually sold for scrap at some point after the new church was built on land. |
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