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Gowan Brae: Buckie Harbour, Spey Bay, Moray Firth
Lugger (20th Century)
Site Name Gowan Brae: Buckie Harbour, Spey Bay, Moray Firth
Classification Lugger (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Buckie, Harbour, Outside The North Pier'; Cluny Harbour; North Sea; Gowan Brae
Canmore ID 209611
Site Number NJ46NW 8010
NGR NJ 430 660
NGR Description NJ c. 430 660
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/209611
- Council Moray
- Parish Maritime - Moray
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ46NW 8010 c. 430 660
N57 40.8 W2 57.4
NLO: Buckie [name: NJ 415 654]
Spey Bay [name centred NJ 37 67].
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: date of loss cited as 26 January 1906). Gowan Brae: this vessel stranded outside [the] North Pier, [at] Buckie [harbour]. Capt. Campbell.
Not Registered. Built 1894. 31 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N57 40.67 W2 58.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
(Location entered as NJ c. 430 660 [N57 40.8 W2 57.4]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Buckie Harbour (NJ46NW 15.00) is centred at NJ 42883 66017.
An alternative location may be suggested for the stranding of this vessel at the entrance to Buckpool (or Seatown) Harbour (centred NJ 41812 65677), for which see NJ46NW 8.00.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 January 2004.
Loss (26 January 1906)
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: date of loss cited as 26 January 1906). Gowan Brae: this vessel stranded outside [the] North Pier, [at] Buckie [harbour]. Capt. Campbell.
Not Registered. Built 1894. 31 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N57 40.67 W2 58.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (21 February 2002)
NLO: Buckie [name: NJ 415 654]
Spey Bay [name centred NJ 37 67].
Note (12 January 2004)
(Location entered as NJ c. 430 660 [N57 40.8 W2 57.4]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Buckie Harbour (NJ46NW 15.00) is centred at NJ 42883 66017.
An alternative location may be suggested for the stranding of this vessel at the entrance to Buckpool (or Seatown) Harbour (centred NJ 41812 65677), for which see NJ46NW 8.00.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 January 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4944
Name : GOWAN BRAE
Latitude : 574040
Longitude : 25830
Date Built : 1894
Registration : Not Registered
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 31
Loss Day : 26
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1906
Comment : Stranded outside north pier, Buckie. Capt. Campbell
Cargo : BALLAST
