Rockcliffe: Dounan Knowe, Rhinns Of Galloway, North Channel
Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Rockcliffe: Dounan Knowe, Rhinns Of Galloway, North Channel
Classification Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Craig Laggan; Corsewall Point; Portobello; Portobellow Bay; Portobello Bay; Irish Sea; Rockcliffe
Canmore ID 101683
Site Number NW96NE 8006
NGR NW 96014 66050
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101683
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Maritime - Dumfries And Galloway
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NW96NE 8006 9601 6604
N54 56.8333 W5 11.1333
NLO: Portobello [name: NW 960 663]
Dounan Knowe [name: NW 961 661]
Corsewall Point [name: NW 980 728].
Formerly entered as NW96NE 8092.
Horizontal Datum = UND
Surveying Details
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26 August 1975. A dive was undertaken in this position with the idea that this was the wreck of the CLAIRMORRIS. However, this site has now been identified as the ROCKCLIFFE and the CLAIRNMORRIS was located at position 54 56 02N, 005 11 09W.
Source: letter from P C Miller dated 18 August 1975.
18 March 1976. There is not much left of this wreck. It would seem to have been well salvaged with no engine, boiler, shaft or screw to be found. What is left lies embedded in a rocky seabed in approximately 3 to 4 metres of water. There are no high points remaining. The vessel has been identified from the ships nameplate and the builders plate.
Source: letter from P C Miller dated 15 October 1975.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as steel, steam trawler, with cargo of fish: date of loss cited as 11 November 1907). Rockcliffe: this vessel stranded approximately 4 miles South of Corsewall Point, near Portobello Bay. Capt. Perry.
Registration: Fleetwood. Built 1906. 240grt.
(Location cited as N54 56.83 W5 11.13).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location cited falls on the end of a small promontory SW of Dounan Knowe, and about 250m S of Portobello.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 June 2009.
Loss (11 November 1907)
(Classified as steel, steam trawler, with cargo of fish: date of loss cited as 11 November 1907). Rockcliffe: this vessel stranded approximately 4 miles South of Corsewall Point, near Portobello Bay. Capt. Perry.
Registration: Fleetwood. Built 1906. 240grt.
(Location cited as N54 56.83 W5 11.13).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Evidence Of Loss (18 March 1976)
Horizontal Datum = UND
Surveying Details
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26 August 1975. A dive was undertaken in this position with the idea that this was the wreck of the CLAIRMORRIS. However, this site has now been identified as the ROCKCLIFFE and the CLAIRNMORRIS was located at position 54 56 02N, 005 11 09W.
Source: letter from P C Miller dated 18 August 1975.
18 March 1976. There is not much left of this wreck. It would seem to have been well salvaged with no engine, boiler, shaft or screw to be found. What is left lies embedded in a rocky seabed in approximately 3 to 4 metres of water. There are no high points remaining. The vessel has been identified from the ships nameplate and the builders plate.
Source: letter from P C Miller dated 15 October 1975.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Note (29 June 2009)
The location cited falls on the end of a small promontory SW of Dounan Knowe, and about 250m S of Portobello.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 June 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1698
Name : ROCKCLIFFE
Latitude : 545650
Longitude : 51108
Date Built : 1906
Registration : FLEETWOOD
Type : STEAM TRAWLER(STEEL)
Tonnage : 240
Tonnage Code : G
Position : Exact Position
Loss Day : 11
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1907
Comment : Stranded approx 4 miles S of Corsewall Pt near Portobello Bay. Capt. Perry
Cargo : FISH
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 005186
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 54.94722,-5.18556
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 54.94727,-5.18667
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 54.94722,-5.18555
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 0
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : ROCKCLIFFE
Type : S TRAWLER
Flag : BRITISH
Tonnage : 240
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 11/11/1907
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1975
Original Source : Divers
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1906. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W H SUTCLIFFE, FLEETWOOD. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE FLEETWOOD FOR FISHING AND RETURN. RAN ASHORE IN WSW FORCE 3 WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FOG. (SIBI).
Surveying Details : **H1287/75 26.8.75 DIVED IN 545650N, 051108W [OGB]. (P C MILLER, LTR DTD 18.8.75). NCA.
**H1288/75 18.3.76 NOT MUCH LEFT OF THIS WRECK. IT WOULD SEEM TO HAVE BEEN WELL SALVAGED WITH NO ENGINE, BOILER, SHAFT OR SCREW TO BE FOUND. WHAT IS LEFT LIES EMBEDDED IN A ROCKY SEABED IN APPROX 3 TO 4 MTRS OF WATER. NO HIGH POINTS REMAINING. IDENTIFIED FROM THE SHIPS NAMEPLATE AND THE BUILDERS PLATE. (P C MILLER, LTR DTD 15.10.75). AT BASE OF CLIFFS. FOR FILING ONLY. NCA.
General Comments : ONLY DEBRIS REMAINS, AT BASE OF CLIFF
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 30/04/2004
Date Position Last Amended : 30/04/2004
