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Alexander And Helen: Cluny, Buckie, Spey Bay, Moray Firth

Lugger (19th Century)

Site Name Alexander And Helen: Cluny, Buckie, Spey Bay, Moray Firth

Classification Lugger (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Bf 742; Buckie; North Sea

Canmore ID 252271

Site Number NJ46NW 8015

NGR NJ 42 66

NGR Description NJ c. 42 66

Datum Datum not recorded

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

Archaeology Notes

NJ46NW 8015 c. 42 65

N57 40 W2 58

NLO: Buckie [name: NJ 415 654]

Spey Bay [name centred NJ 37 67].

8 February 1889. ALEXANDER AND HELEN. 7 years. Not reg. Wood lugger. 24 ton. 7 men. Master J. Falconer. Owner A. Sim, Cullen, Banffshire. Buckie to fishing. Ballast. 1 dead. Wind N9. Cluny, Banffshire.

Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1888-89 (1890 [C.6115] LXVI.543).

NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1628).

(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: registration number cited as BF 742, and date of loss as 8 February 1889). Alexander & Helen: his vessel stranded at Cluny, Banff. Capt. McLennan.

Registration: Cullen. Built 1882. 24 tons register. Length: 13m.

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

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Cluny is not noted as such on the 1996 edition of the OS 1:50,00 map, but the lifeboat shed of that name (NJ46NW 38) is at NJ 42812 65972. Cluny Harbour, Buckie (NJ46NW 15.00) is centred at NJ 42883 66017.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 November 2003.

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Loss (8 February 1889)

8 February 1889. ALEXANDER AND HELEN. 7 years. Not reg. Wood lugger. 24 ton. 7 men. Master J. Falconer. Owner A. Sim, Cullen, Banffshire. Buckie to fishing. Ballast. 1 dead. Wind N9. Cluny, Banffshire.

Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1888-89 (1890 [C.6115] LXVI.543).

NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1628).

(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: registration number cited as BF 742, and date of loss as 8 February 1889). Alexander & Helen: his vessel stranded at Cluny, Banff. Capt. McLennan.

Registration: Cullen. Built 1882. 24 tons register. Length: 13m.

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

I G Whittaker 1998.

Named Location (Nlo) (26 November 2003)

NLO: Buckie [name: NJ 415 654]

Spey Bay [name centred NJ 37 67].

Note (26 November 2003)

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Cluny is not noted as such on the 1996 edition of the OS 1:50,00 map, but the lifeboat shed of that name (NJ46NW 38) is at NJ 42812 65972. Cluny Harbour, Buckie (NJ46NW 15.00) is centred at NJ 42883 66017.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 November 2003.

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