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Northumberland: Hurkur Rocks, Eyemouth Bay, North Sea
Steamship (19th Century)
Site Name Northumberland: Hurkur Rocks, Eyemouth Bay, North Sea
Classification Steamship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hurkar Rock; Harkar Rock; Buss Craig Rock; Eyemouth; Firth Of Forth; Outer Forth Estuary; Northumberland
Canmore ID 199605
Site Number NT96NW 8045
NGR NT 948 650
NGR Description NT c. 948 650
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/199605
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Maritime - Scottish Borders, The
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT96NW 8045 c. 948 650
N55 52.7 W2 5
NLO: Buss Craig [name: NT 948 650]
Eyemouth [name: NT 945 644].
Possibly on map sheet NT96SW.
2 December 1894, NORTHUMBERLAND, 25 years, of Newcastle. Iron steamship. 40 ton. 4 men. Master E.W. Whitehead. Owner G. Haxon, Byker, Newcastle. Dundee to Sunderland. Wheat. Wind S1. Harkar Rock off Eyemouth.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1894-95 (1896 [C.8247] LXXV.489).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1055).
(Classified as iron steamship, with cargo of wheat: date of loss cited as 2 December 1894). This vessel stranded at Hurkar, Eyemouth.
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2926
Name : NORTHUMBERLAND
Latitude : 555240
Longitude : 20500
Date Built : 1869
Registration : NEWCASTLE
Type : SS (IRON)
Tonnage : 40
Tonnage Code : N
Loss Day : 2
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1894
Comment : Stranded Hurkar, Eyemouth. Capt. Whitehead
Cargo : WHEAT
