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The Swan, Duart Point

Duart Point, Isle of Mull

A Cromwellian warship lost while attacking a Highland castle.

In 1653, Cromwell's forces sent warships to attack Duart Castle, stronghold of the Macleans. A sudden storm drove the small warship Swan onto the rocks below the castle.

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When
13 September 1653
Where
56.4550, -5.6520
Group
Shipwrecks

Visiting

Duart Castle is open in summer.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
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Blood and Gold

Sixteen true stories of mutiny, mercy, treasure and the gallows from the Golden Age of Piracy: Henry Every, Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England, Howell Davis, Christopher Moody, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Calico Jack, Edward Low, Captain William Kidd and Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy. Where the record is uncertain, the book says so.

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