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John: Thorntonloch, Dunbar, Firth Of Forth
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name John: Thorntonloch, Dunbar, Firth Of Forth
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Torness; Outer Forth Estuary; John
Canmore ID 119960
Site Number NT77SE 8002
NGR NT 75 74
NGR Description NT c. 75 74
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/119960
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Maritime - East Lothian
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT77SE 8002 c. 75 74
N55 58 W2 24
Formerly entered as NT77SE 8024 at cited location NT 7607 7435 (N55 57.7 W2 23)
NLO: Thorntonloch [name: NT 751 744]
Torness Point [name: NT 753 753]
Dunbar [name: NT 678 790].
Possibly on map sheet NT77SW.
11 March 1895, JOH, 38 years, of Norway. Wood brig. 280 ton. 8 men. Master K. Fagerholm. Owner C.L. Ellepen, Christiania [Oslo]. Christiania [Oslo] to Sunderland. Ice. Calm. Near Thorntonloch, Haddingtonshire.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1894-95 (1896 [C.8247] LXXV.489)
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1100).
(Classified as wooden brig, with cargo of ice: date of loss cited as 11 March 1895). This vessel stranded near Thorntonloch, Haddingtonshire.
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4276
Name : JOHN
Latitude : 555730
Longitude : 22330
Date Built : 1857
Registration : DROBAK
Type : BRIG (WOOD)
Tonnage : 280
Tonnage Code : N
Length : 35
Beam : 8
Draught : 5m
Loss Day : 11
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1895
Comment : Stranded near Thorntonloch, Haddingtonshire. Capt. Fagerholm
Cargo : ICE
