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Thetis: Firth Of Forth
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Thetis: Firth Of Forth
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Largo Bay; Methil Roads; Methil Harbour; 'approximately One Mile Sw Of Methil Docks'; Buckhaven; Outer Forth Estuary; Thetis
Canmore ID 199895
Site Number NT39NE 8024
NGR NT 36 98
NGR Description NT c. 36 98
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/199895
- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT39NE 8024 c. 36 98
N56 10 W3 2
NLO: Methil [name: NT 37 99]
Buckhaven [name: NT 360 980]
Largo Bay [name centred NO 42 01].
Location formerly entered as NT c. 375 991 [N56 10.8 W 3 .4].
23 November 1898 THETIS, 51 years, of Norway, wood brig. 185 ton, 5 only on board. Mate in charge. O. Christiansen, owner Danielsen, Risoer, Norway. Had been lying in Methil Roads. Coal. Wind SE10. About 1 mile SW of Methil Docks, Fife. Casualties involving total loss of vessel during year end 30 June 1899.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours, of UK July 1898-99 (1900 [Cd. 318] LXXVII.531).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 734).
(Classified as wooden brig, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 23 November 1898). Thetis: this vessel stranded approximately 1 mile SW of Methil docks. All gone and broken up.
Registration: Porsgrund. Built 1847. 196grt. Length: 25m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 10.25 W3 1.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 October 2001.
Loss (23 November 1898)
23 November 1898 THETIS, 51 years, of Norway, wood brig. 185 ton, 5 only on board. Mate in charge. O. Christiansen, owner Danielsen, Risoer, Norway. Had been lying in Methil Roads. Coal. Wind SE10. About 1 mile SW of Methil Docks, Fife. Casualties involving total loss of vessel during year end 30 June 1899.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours, of UK July 1898-99 (1900 [Cd. 318] LXXVII.531).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 734).
(Classified as wooden brig, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 23 November 1898). Thetis: this vessel stranded approximately 1 mile SW of Methil docks. All gone and broken up.
Registration: Porsgrund. Built 1847. 196grt. Length: 25m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 10.25 W3 1.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (24 October 2001)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 October 2001.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3273
Name : THETIS
Latitude : 561015
Longitude : 30100
Date Built : 1847
Registration : PORSGRUND
Type : BRIG (WOOD)
Tonnage : 196
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 25
Beam : 8
Draught : 4m
Loss Day : 23
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1898
Comment : Stranded approx 1 mile SW of Methil docks. AG and BU
Cargo : COAL
