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Sheriffmuir: Murcar, Balgownie Links, North Sea

Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century), Motor Vessel (20th Century)

Site Name Sheriffmuir: Murcar, Balgownie Links, North Sea

Classification Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century), Motor Vessel (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Murcar Golf Course; Tarbothill; Berryhill; Sheriffmuir

Canmore ID 194239

Site Number NJ91SE 8003

NGR NJ 96224 12299

NGR Description NJ c. 96 12

Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long

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  • Council Aberdeen, City Of
  • Parish Maritime - Aberdeen City Of
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NJ91SE 8003 c. 96 12

N57 12 W2 4

NLO: Tarbothill Farm [name: NJ 957 131]

Balgownie Links [name centred NJ 960 123]

Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05].

Classification formerly entered as Motor Trawler.

The six-man crew of the oil rig stand-by vessel Sheriffmuir were rescued by tractor and trailer yesterday when their vessel ran aground in dense fog three miles from Aberdeen harbour.

The former Lowestoft trawler grounded at 5.00 am, 40 yards from the beach just below Murcar golf clubhouse [CH [NAT] at NJ 957 122: OS 1:150,000 map, 1999]. Coastguards secured a breeches buoy to the ship at about 6.00 am, but the crew had radioed Aberdeen Coastguard HQ to say they could wait until the tide had ebbed so that they could walk ashore. But just after mid day a tractor and trailer was driven out to the stranded trawler and the crew climbed down a ladder and into the trailer.

(Photo)

Source: Aberdeen Press and Journal, 2 October 1976.

(Classified as Motor Vessel (ex-Motor Fishing Vessel): no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 1 October 1976). Sheriffmuir: this vessel stranded approximately three miles North of Aberdeen.

Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1952. 180grt. Length: 31m. Beam: 7m.

(Location of loss cited as N57 11.75 W2 4.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker.

Donmouth or Don Mouth is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map; the River Don enters the sea at NJ 955 095. Murcar Golf Course (NJ91SE 38.00) is centred at NJ 9589 1241.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 March 2004.

Activities

Loss (1 October 1976)

The six-man crew of the oil rig stand-by vessel Sheriffmuir were rescued by tractor and trailer yesterday when their vessel ran aground in dense fog three miles from Aberdeen harbour.

The former Lowestoft trawler grounded at 5.00 am, 40 yards from the beach just below Murcar golf clubhouse [CH [NAT] at NJ 957 122: OS 1:150,000 map, 1999]. Coastguards secured a breeches buoy to the ship at about 6.00 am, but the crew had radioed Aberdeen Coastguard HQ to say they could wait until the tide had ebbed so that they could walk ashore. But just after mid day a tractor and trailer was driven out to the stranded trawler and the crew climbed down a ladder and into the trailer.

(Photo)

Source: Aberdeen Press and Journal, 2 October 1976.

(Classified as Motor Vessel (ex-Motor Fishing Vessel): no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 1 October 1976). Sheriffmuir: this vessel stranded approximately three miles North of Aberdeen.

Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1952. 180grt. Length: 31m. Beam: 7m.

(Location of loss cited as N57 11.75 W2 4.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Note (24 March 2004)

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker.

Donmouth or Don Mouth is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map; the River Don enters the sea at NJ 955 095. Murcar Golf Course (NJ91SE 38.00) is centred at NJ 9589 1241.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 March 2004.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 2264

Name : SHERIFFMUIR

Latitude : 571145

Longitude : 20400

Date Built : 1952

Registration : ABERDEEN

Type : MV (EX. MFV)

Tonnage : 180

Tonnage Code : G

Length : 31

Beam : 7

Draught : 3m

Position : Position Approximate

Loss Day : 1

Loss Month : 10

Loss Year : 1976

Comment : Stranded approx. 3 miles north of Aberdeen.

Reference (19 April 2012)

UKHO Identifier : 002144

Feature Class : Wreck

Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure

State : LIVE

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 57.20167,-2.06250

Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.20146,-2.06414

WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)

Position Quality : Precisely known

Depth Quality : Depth unknown

Water Depth : 0

Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide

Name : SHERIFFMUIR

Type : M FISHING

Flag : BRITISH

Length : 30.5

Beam : 6.7

Draught : 3.3

Tonnage : 180

Tonnage Type : Gross

Date Sunk : 01/10/1976

Contact Description : Entire wreck

Original Sensor : Reported Sinking

Last Sensor : Video Sensor

Original Detection Year : 1976

Last Detection Year : 1981

Original Source : Other

Last Source : Other

Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1952 BY HENRY SCARR LTD. HESSEL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SAFETYSHIPS LTD. 6 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 350NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY BY CROSSLEY BROS. RAN ASHORE APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTH OF ABERDEEN HARBOUR ENTRANCE. CREW RECOVERED. (SIBI).

Surveying Details : **H3060/79 3.4.81 REPD IN 571206N, 020345W, APPROX. (J T THOMSON, HN DTD 10.3.81). INS AS ST. BR STD.

**H1270/82 19.9.83 UNLIKELY TO BE SALVAGED & BECOMING DANGEROUS TO CHILDREN & ADULTS. (FISHING NEWS, 19.8.83).

Chart Symbol : ST

Date Last Amended : 13/10/2003

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