Forget-me-not: Eyemouth, North Sea
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Forget-me-not: Eyemouth, North Sea
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bk 897; Firth Of Forth; Outer Forth Estuary; Forget-me-not (Bk 897)
Canmore ID 198798
Site Number NT96NE 8040
NGR NT 95 65
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/198798
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Maritime - Scottish Borders, The
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT96NE 8040 unlocated
NLO: Eyemouth [name: NT 945 644].
14 October 1881, FORGET ME NOT, 4 yrs old, not registered, wooden lugger, 15 tons, 7 crew, Master and Owner W. Nisbet, Eyemouth, departed Eyemouth for fishing, in ballast, 7 lives lost, wind NNE12, foundered, total loss, off Eyemouth, Berwick.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3147).
(Classified as wooden lugger: no cargo specified but registration number and date of loss cited as BK 897 and 14 October 1881 respectively). This vessel was lost off Eyemouth. Capt. Nisbet.
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this vessel is arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 October 2001.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6673
Name : FORGET-ME-NOT (BK 897)
Latitude : 555300
Longitude : 20400
Date Built : 1877
Registration : BERWICK
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 18
Length : 14
Loss Day : 14
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1881
Comment : Lost off Eyemouth. Capt. Nisbet
