Abertay: Inch Garvie, Firth Of Forth
Steamship (19th Century)
Site Name Abertay: Inch Garvie, Firth Of Forth
Classification Steamship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'On The West Side Of Inchgarvie'; Middle Forth Estuary; Abertay
Canmore ID 120199
Site Number NT17NW 8020
NGR NT 135 795
NGR Description NT c. 135 795
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Edinburgh, City Of
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT17NW 8020 c. 135 795
N56 0 W3 23.2
NLO: Inch Garvie [name: NT 137 795]
Forth Bridge [name: NT 135 795].
Formerly entered as NT18SE 8008 at cited location NT 1564 8114 [N56 0.9 W3 21.2] and also as NT17NE 8009.
10 October 1892. ABERTAY. 4 years of Grangemouth. Lloyds +100A1. Survey 8/92. Steel steamship. 635 ton. 16 men. Master J. Logan. Owner A.T. Mackay, Grangemouth. Grangemouth to Rostock. Coal. Collided HMS IRON DUKE. Wind 2. Near the Forth Bridge.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1892-93 (1894 [C.7324] LXXVI.505).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1312).
(Classified as steel steamship, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 10 October 1892). Abertay: this vessel was in collision and then sank on the West side of Inchgarvie [Inch Garvie] (IRON DUKE). Capt. Logan.
Registration: Grangemouth. Built 1888. 1021 grt. Length: 67m. Beam: 10m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 0.03 W3 23.23).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Inch Garvie island lies E-W, and the collision may have occurred almost immediately under the Forth [Rail] Bridge (NT17NW 70), which opened in 1890. A location around NT 135 795 may be suggested. The location of this loss may lie within the quasi-administrative areas designated as Maritime - West Lothian or Maritime - Fife.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 November 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2988
Name : ABERTAY
Latitude : 560002
Longitude : 32314
Date Built : 1888
Registration : GRANGEMOUTH
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 1021
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 67
Beam : 10
Draught : 4m
Position : Exact Position
Loss Day : 10
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1892
Comment : Collision and then sank on W side Inchgarvie (IRON DUKE). Capt. Logan
Cargo : COAL
External Reference (20 October 2014)
The Abertay was refloated and sold. It was lost off Cornwall in 1912.
Information from Serena Cant, English Heritage, 20th October 2014