Archaeology Notes

Event ID 759530

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT96NW 8009 9228 6712

N55 53.8333 W2 7.4

NLO: St Abbs Head [name: NT 911 694]

Ebb Carrs [name: NT 924 671].

ALFRED EARLANDSEN, 954 TON GROSS, STEAMER. 207.6' X 31.2' X 14.1'. Danish. The wreck lies at the SE of Ebb Carrs, at grid ref 924 672, within the St Abbs Head Wildlife and Marine Reserve. It is completely broken up, with boilers remaining.

Source: Butland & Siedlecki, BSAC Wreck Register, Scotland 1. 1987.

Quality of fix = PA

Horizontal Datum = OGB

General water depth = 13

Circumstances of Loss Details

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The vessel was wrecked on Ebb Carrs in thick fog, with the loss of all hands.

Source: Lloyds, P Baker 11 January 1975.

Surveying Details

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The approximate position given is 55 53 50N, 002 07 30W.

7 December 1982. The wreck is described as completely broken up. The vessel's name is given as either ALFRED EARLSDEN or ALFRED ERLANDSEN. The site lies to the west of wreck of the VIGILANT.

Source: BSAC Wreck register Vol 7.

15 January 1985. The wreck lies at 55 53 50N, 002 07 24W.

Source: W Murney, 7 January 1985.

Hydrographic Office 1995.

(Classified as steel steamship, with cargo of pit props: date of loss cited as 17 October 1907). This vessel was wrecked on Ebb Carr Rock, St Abbs.

I G Whittaker 1998.

The dispersed remains of this wreck are situated in a gullied rocky environment at depths of between 10 and 15m, and at least partially within the kelp zone. Identifiable elements [indicated on sketch plan] include a sternpost, a windlass, plating and a probable A-frame. Two boilers are apparent, although only one has previously been noted.

Information from Mrs A Fuller-Shapcott (NAS/DWAP), visited 25 August 2003.

NMRS, MS/1615.