Nancy: Firth Of Forth
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Nancy: Firth Of Forth
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Between Cellardyke And [the] Isle Of May'; 'off Cellardyke'; May Island; Outer Forth Estuary; Nancy
Canmore ID 197364
Site Number NO60SW 8003
NGR NO 63 02
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/197364
- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO60SW 8003 unlocated
NLO: Isle of May [name: NT 65 99]
Cellardyke [name: NO 575 038].
9th September 1859, NANCY, 4 mths old, lugger, 16 tons, 6 crew, carrying fish and one passenger, stranded, total loss, 7 lives lost, wind WSW10, between Cellardyke and [the] Isle of May [May Island].
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2032).
(Classified as lugger: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 9 September 1859). Nancy: this vessel was lost off Cellardyke.
(Location of loss cited as N56 13.00 W2 35.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 September 2001.
Loss (9 September 1859)
9th September 1859, NANCY, 4 mths old, lugger, 16 tons, 6 crew, carrying fish and one passenger, stranded, total loss, 7 lives lost, wind WSW10, between Cellardyke and [the] Isle of May [May Island].
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2032).
(Classified as lugger: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 9 September 1859). Nancy: this vessel was lost off Cellardyke.
(Location of loss cited as N56 13.00 W2 35.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (27 September 2001)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 September 2001.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 18060
Name : NANCY
Latitude : 561300
Longitude : 23500
Type : LUGGER
Loss Day : 9
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1859
Comment : Lost off Cellardyke.
