James And Robert: Burnmouth, North Sea
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name James And Robert: Burnmouth, North Sea
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bk 916; James & Robert; James & Robert (Bk 916)
Canmore ID 198847
Site Number NT96SE 8014
NGR NT 95 61
NGR Description NT c. 95 61
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/198847
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Maritime - Scottish Borders, The
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT96SE 8014 c. 95 61
N55 51 W2 5
NLO: Burnmouth [name: NT 955 610].
14 October 1881, JAMES AND ROBERT, 3 yrs old, not registered, wooden lugger, 20 tons, 6 crew, departed Eyemouth for fishing, in ballast, 1 life lost, wind N12, stranded, total loss, near Burnmouth, Berwickshire.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3191).
(Classified as wooden lugger: no cargo specified but registration number cited as BK 916 and date of loss as 14 October 1881). This vessel stranded on rocks S of Burnmouth. Capt. Collin.
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this wreck are essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 October 2001.
Reference (1998)
(Classified as wooden lugger: no cargo specified but registration number cited as BK 916 and date of loss as 14 October 1881). This vessel stranded on rocks S of Burnmouth. Capt. Collin.
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (11 October 2001)
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this wreck are essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 October 2001.
Reference (2001)
14 October 1881, JAMES AND ROBERT, 3 yrs old, not registered, wooden lugger, 20 tons, 6 crew, departed Eyemouth for fishing, in ballast, 1 life lost, wind N12, stranded, total loss, near Burnmouth, Berwickshire.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3191).
Note (12 September 2011)
An archive image held by the Eyemouth Museum Trust and made avaliable through the SCRAN website shows the severely damaged remains of BK 916 on Burnmouth Sands.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 12 September 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6878
Name : JAMES & ROBERT (BK 916)
Latitude : 555000
Longitude : 20300
Date Built : 1878
Registration : BERWICK
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 15
Length : 13
Loss Day : 14
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1881
Comment : Stranded on rocks south of Burnmouth. Capt. Collin
