Hms Alonzo: Firth Of Forth
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Hms Alonzo: Firth Of Forth
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sloop 16; 'outside Leith Harbour'; Outer Forth Estuary
Canmore ID 273965
Site Number NT27NE 8150
NGR NT
NGR Description Unlocated
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/273965
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Edinburgh, City Of
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT27NE 8150 unlocated
NLO: Port of Leith [name: NT 265 775].
(No classification or cargo specified: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as February 1842). HMS Alonzo (ex-sloop 16): this vessel was scuttled outside Leith harbour, after being used as a hulk.
Registration: London. 384 tons burthern. Length: 30m. Beam: 10m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 0.0 W3 10.0).
I G Whitaker 1998.
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 August 2005.
