Bear: St Abbs Head, North Sea
Steamship (19th Century)
Site Name Bear: St Abbs Head, North Sea
Classification Steamship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Firth Of Forth; Bear
Canmore ID 119939
Site Number NT96NW 8003
NGR NT 92187 69961
NGR Description NT c. 916 694
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/119939
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Maritime - Scottish Borders, The
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT96NW 8003 c. 916 694
N55 55.1 W2 8
Location formerly cited as NT 9166 6947 [N55 55.1 W2 8].
NLO: St Abbs Head [name: NT 911 694].
11 January 1891. BEAR. 13 years, of Middlesboro'. Lloyds 100 A1. Survey 11/90. 362 ton. 14 men. Master J. Hawrie. Owner J. Watson and Co., Glasgow. Eston, River Tees to Grangemouth. Pig iron. Collided steamship BRITANNIA of Leith. 12 dead. Wind WSW5. About 2 miles off St. Abb's Head.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and [record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1483).
(Classified as iron steamship, with cargo of pig iron: date of loss cited as 11 January 1891). This vessel was in collision and sank 2 miles off St Abbs Head.
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 424
Name : BEAR
Latitude : 555600
Longitude : 20500
Date Built : 1878
Registration : GRANGEMOUTH
Type : SS (IRON)
Tonnage : 598
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 53
Beam : 8
Draught : 4m
Loss Day : 11
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1891
Comment : Collision and sunk 2 miles off St Abbs Head (BRITTANIA). Capt. Hawric
Cargo : PIG IRON
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 004220
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.92267,-2.12660
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.92267,-2.12660
WGS84 Origin : Original
Previous Position : 55.93333,-2.15000
Position Method : Differential Global Positioning System
Position Quality : Surveyed
Position Accuracy : 13.0
Depth : 63.0
Depth Method : Found by echo-sounder
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 69
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : BEAR
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 53.1
Beam : 7.8
Draught : 4.3
Sonar Length : 53.0
Sonar Width : 8.0
Shadow Height : 5.6
Orientation : 131.0
Tonnage : 593
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : CAST IRON PIGS
Date Sunk : 11/01/1891
Bottom Texture : Sand
Magnetic Anomaly : Moderate
Sonar Signal Strength : Strong
Scour Depth : 0.5
