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George: Buckie Harbour, Spey Bay, Moray Firth

Lugger (19th Century)

Site Name George: Buckie Harbour, Spey Bay, Moray Firth

Classification Lugger (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Bf 1255; Cluny Harbour; Cluney Harbour; North Sea; George (Bf 1255)

Canmore ID 209470

Site Number NJ46NW 8004

NGR NJ 430 660

NGR Description NJ c. 430 660

Datum Datum not recorded

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Moray
  • Parish Maritime - Moray
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NJ46NW 8004 c. 430 660

N57 40.8 W2 57.4

NLO: Buckie [name: NJ 415 654]

Spey Bay [name centred NJ 37 67].

18 November 1893, GEORGE, 10 years, not reg. Wood fishing lugger. 3 ton. 5 men. Master and owner G. Murray, Buckie. Moored in Cluny Harbour, Banffshire. Ballast. Wind NNE10. Cluny Harbour.

Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1893-94 (1895 [C.7858] LXXXVII.327).

NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1243).

(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: registration cited as BF 1255, and date of loss as 18 November 1893). George: this vessel was driven from moorings and wrecked in Cluny [Buckie] harbour. Capt. Murray.

Registration: Buckie. Built 1869. 3grt. Length: 7m.

(Location of loss cited as N57 40.50 W2 59.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.

(Location cited as NJ c. 430 660 [N57 40.8 W2 57.4]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Buckie (Cluny) Harbour (NJ46NW 15.00) is centred at NJ 42883 66017.

The remains of the vessel were presumably removed without delay from this constrained location.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 January 2004.

Activities

Loss (18 November 1893)

18 November 1893, GEORGE, 10 years, not reg. Wood fishing lugger. 3 ton. 5 men. Master and owner G. Murray, Buckie. Moored in Cluny Harbour, Banffshire. Ballast. Wind NNE10. Cluny Harbour.

Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1893-94 (1895 [C.7858] LXXXVII.327).

NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1243).

(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: registration cited as BF 1255, and date of loss as 18 November 1893). George: this vessel was driven from moorings and wrecked in Cluny [Buckie] harbour. Capt. Murray.

Registration: Buckie. Built 1869. 3grt. Length: 7m.

(Location of loss cited as N57 40.50 W2 59.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Named Location (Nlo) (20 February 2002)

NLO: Buckie [name: NJ 415 654]

Spey Bay [name centred NJ 37 67].

Note (12 January 2004)

(Location cited as NJ c. 430 660 [N57 40.8 W2 57.4]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Buckie (Cluny) Harbour (NJ46NW 15.00) is centred at NJ 42883 66017.

The remains of the vessel were presumably removed without delay from this constrained location.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 January 2004.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 14053

Name : GEORGE (BF 1255)

Latitude : 574030

Longitude : 25900

Date Built : 1869

Registration : BUCKIE

Type : LUGGER (WOOD)

Tonnage : 3

Tonnage Code : G

Length : 7

Loss Day : 18

Loss Month : 11

Loss Year : 1893

Comment : Driven from moorings and wrecked in Cluny Harbour. Capt. Murray

Cargo : BALLAST

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