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Dunstaffnage: Findon Ness, Portlethen, North Sea
Ship (19th Century)
Site Name Dunstaffnage: Findon Ness, Portlethen, North Sea
Classification Ship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dunstaffnage
Canmore ID 198875
Site Number NO99NW 8002
NGR NO 945 974
NGR Description NO c. 945 974
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/198875
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO99NW 8002 c. 945 974
N57 4.1 W2 5.4
NLO: Findon Ness [name: NO 945 974]
Findon [name: NO 936 797]
Portlethen Village [name: NO 932 962].
(Classified as iron [full-rigged] ship, in ballast: date of loss cited as 17 March 1883). Dunstaffnage: [this vessel is] supposed [to have] stranded on Findon Ness. Capt. Milburn.
Registration: Liverpool. Bult 1861. 1945grt. Length: 82m. Beam: 12m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 4.00 W2 5.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
(Location of loss entered as NO c. 945 974 [N57 4.1 W2 5.4]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 October 2001.
Loss (17 March 1883)
(Classified as iron [full-rigged] ship, in ballast: date of loss cited as 17 March 1883). Dunstaffnage: [this vessel is] supposed [to have] stranded on Findon Ness. Capt. Milburn.
Registration: Liverpool. Bult 1861. 1945grt. Length: 82m. Beam: 12m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 4.00 W2 5.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (12 October 2001)
NLO: Findon Ness [name: NO 945 974]
Findon [name: NO 936 797]
Portlethen Village [name: NO 932 962].
Note (12 October 2001)
(Location of loss entered as NO c. 945 974 [N57 4.1 W2 5.4]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 October 2001.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 523
Name : DUNSTAFFNAGE
Latitude : 570400
Longitude : 20500
Date Built : 1881
Registration : LIVERPOOL
Type : SHIP (IRON)
Tonnage : 1945
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 82
Beam : 12
Draught : 6m
Loss Day : 17
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1883
Comment : Supposed stranded on Findon Ness. Capt. Milburn
Cargo : BALLAST
