Florida: St Abbs Head, North Sea
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Florida: St Abbs Head, North Sea
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bk 119; Firth Of Forth; Florida (Bk 119)
Canmore ID 198793
Site Number NU06NW 8017
NGR NU 00 69
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/198793
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Maritime - Scottish Borders, The
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NU06NW 8017 unlocated
NLO: St Abbs Head [name: NT 911 694].
14 October 1881, FLORIDA, 4 yrs old, not registered, wooden lugger, 26 tons, 7 crew, Master and Owner W. Crombie, Eyemouth, departed Eyemouth for fishing, in ballast, 7 lives lost, wind NNE12, foundered, total loss, off St Abb's Head, Berwick.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3146).
(Classified as wooden lugger: registration number and date of loss cited as BK 119 and 14 October 1881 respectively). This vessel was lost off St Abbs Head. Capt. Crombie.
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet allocated to this vessel is arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 October 2001.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6659
Name : FLORIDA (BK 119)
Latitude : 555500
Longitude : 20000
Date Built : 1877
Registration : BERWICK
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 26
Length : 14
Loss Day : 14
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1881
Comment : Lost off St Abbs Head. Capt. Crombie
