Archaeology Notes

Event ID 755167

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT39NE 8001 c. 3741 9910

N56 10.8333 W3 .5

NLO: Methil [name: NT 37 99]

Largo Bay [name centred NO 42 01].

Formerly entered as NT39NE 8162.

Quality of fix = PA

Horizontal Datum = OGB

Circumstances of Loss Details

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A steam sand dredger went ashore on rocks near Methil breakwater. It later broke up and became a total loss.

Source: Lloyds.

Surveying Details

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13 February 1970. The vessel is ashore on rocks near Methil breakwater at approximately 56 10 50N, 003 00 30W. Source: Lloyds.

Hydrographic Office 1995.

This may be the vessel that is entered as NT39NE 8006.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 October 2010.