Helmsdale: Scurdie Ness, Montrose, North Sea
Cargo Vessel (20th Century), Motor Vessel (20th Century)
Site Name Helmsdale: Scurdie Ness, Montrose, North Sea
Classification Cargo Vessel (20th Century), Motor Vessel (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lochside; Skirdie Ness; Scurdy Ness; Scurdie Ness Lighthouse; Montrose Ness; Montroseness; Montrose Harbour Approach; Helmsdale
Canmore ID 202147
Site Number NO75NW 8072
NGR NO 73298 56793
NGR Description NO c. 733 567
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/202147
- Council Angus
- Parish Craig
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO75NW 8072 c. 733 567
N56 42.1 W2 26.3
NLO: Montrose [name: NO 720 572]
Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567].
Location formerly entered as NO c. 733 568 [N56 42.1 W2 26.2].
(Classified as Motor Vessel: no cargo specified, but former name cited as Lochside, and date of loss as November 1980). Helmsdale: [this vessel] stranded at Scurdyness [Scurdie Ness] Light[house]. All gone and broken up.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1956. 402grt. Length: 47m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 42.00 W2 26.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
(Location entered as NO c. 733 567 [N56 42.1 W2 26.3]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The prominent rocky headland of Scurdie Ness is also known as Montrose Ness or Montroseness. It forms the S side of the entrance to the approach to Montrose Harbour (NO75NW 44.00).
Scurdie Ness (Montroseness) Lighthouse (NO75NW 48) is at NO 73322 56758.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 November 2001.
Loss (1 November 1980 - 30 November 1980)
(Classified as Motor Vessel: no cargo specified, but former name cited as Lochside, and date of loss as November 1980). Helmsdale: [this vessel] stranded at Scurdyness [Scurdie Ness] Light[house]. All gone and broken up.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1956. 402grt. Length: 47m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 42.00 W2 26.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (15 November 2001)
NLO: Montrose [name: NO 720 572]
Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567].
Location formerly entered as NO c. 733 568 [N56 42.1 W2 26.2].
Note (15 November 2001)
(Location entered as NO c. 733 567 [N56 42.1 W2 26.3]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The prominent rocky headland of Scurdie Ness is also known as Montrose Ness or Montroseness. It forms the S side of the entrance to the approach to Montrose Harbour (NO75NW 44.00).
Scurdie Ness (Montroseness) Lighthouse (NO75NW 48) is at NO 73322 56758.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 November 2001.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14831
Name : HELMSDALE (EX. LOCHSIDE)
Latitude : 564200
Longitude : 22600
Date Built : 1956
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : MV
Tonnage : 402
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 47
Beam : 8
Draught : 3m
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1980
Comment : Stranded at Scurdyness Light, AG and BU.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 003103
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : LIFT
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.70222,-2.43611
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.70208,-2.43768
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : -3
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : HELMSDALE
Type : M GENERAL CARGO
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 46.9
Beam : 7.9
Draught : 3.0
Tonnage : 402
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : 376 TONS MALTING BARLEY
Date Sunk : 07/11/1980
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1980
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1956. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NORTH SHIPPING & TRADING CO LTD. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE MONTROSE FOR KIRKWALL. DROVE ASHORE WHEN LEAVING HARBOUR. (SIBI).
Surveying Details : **H3060/79 1.12.80 STRANDED 0.5C N OF SCURDIE NESS LT APPROX IN 564208N,022610W. VESSEL IS UP FOR SALE 'AS IS, WHERE IS'. 50 YDS NW OF LT ON A LINE FROM LT TO TRAIL PAVILION POSN FROM SCURDIE NESS LT HO. (HMS CAMPERDOWN HN & LL 10, 12 & 20.11.80). INS AS ST. BR STD.
**H3060/79 11.3.81 WRECK REMOVED. (HMS CAMPERDOWN HN DTD 27.2.81) AMENDED TO LIFT. DELETE. BR STD.
Chart Symbol : ST
Date Last Amended : 17/10/2003