Ada Florence: Siker Rocks, Dunbar, Firth Of Forth
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Ada Florence: Siker Rocks, Dunbar, Firth Of Forth
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dunbar Harbour Entrance; Meikle Spiker; Outer Forth Estuary
Canmore ID 251894
Site Number NT67NE 8047
NGR NT 682 794
NGR Description NT c. 682 794
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council East Lothian
- Parish Maritime - East Lothian
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT67NE 8047 c. 682 794
N56 0.4 W2 30.6
NLO: Dunbar [name: NT 678 790]
Meikle Spiker [name: NT 682 794].
23 July 1891. ADA FLORENCE. 28 years of Great Yarmouth. Wood schooner. 95 ton. 5 men and pilot. Master E.E. Peck. Owner W.H. Barnaby, Great Yarmouth. London to Dunbar. Barley. Wind NNE3. Siker Rocks off Dunbar.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1891-92 (1893-94 [C.7069] LXXX.711).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1344).
This loss is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 November 2003.
