Maritime History

Dalbeattie

Dalbeattie (, Scots: Dawbeattie, Scottish Gaelic: Dail Bheithe meaning 'haugh of the birch', or Dail Bhàite 'drowned haugh' (i.e. liable to flood) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Historically part of Kirkcudbrightshire, it is in a wooded valley on the Urr Water 4 miles (6 km) east of Castle Douglas and 12 miles (19 km) south west of Dumfries. It had a population of 4,137 in 2022. The town is famed for its granite industry and for being the home town of William McMaster Murdoch, the First Officer of the RMS Titanic.

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See also

• ▸HMS Java (1811)
• ▸157 Lambton Quay
• ▸French frigate Médée (1741)

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