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Harlequin: Broadsea, Fraserburgh, North Sea
Dandy (19th Century)
Site Name Harlequin: Broadsea, Fraserburgh, North Sea
Classification Dandy (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'One Mile West Of Kinnaird Head Lighthouse'; Harlequin
Canmore ID 206924
Site Number NJ96NE 8023
NGR NJ 98 67
NGR Description NJ c. 98 67
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ96NE 8023 c. 98 67
N57 42 W2 2
NLO: Kinnaird Head [name: NJ 998 676]
Fraserburgh [name: NJ 999 665].
Possibly on map sheet NK06NW.
Formerly entered in error under classification Ketch.
13 September 1889. HARLEQUIN. 53 years of Grimsby. Wood dandy. 52 ton. 6 men. Master J. Osborne. Owner J. Meadows, Grimsby. Grimsby to fishing. Ballast. Wind E2. 1 mile W of Kinnaird Head lighthouse, Aberdeenshire.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1889-90 (1890-91 [C.6468] LXXVI.485).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1508).
(Classified as wooden dandy, in ballast: date of loss cited as 13 September 1889). This vessel stranded 1 mile W of Kinnaird Head light[house]. Capt. Osborne.
Registration: Grimsby. Built 1836. Length: 52m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 41.50 W2 1.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. Kinnaird Head (old) lighthouse (NJ96NE 7.00) is at NJ 99864 67528.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 January 2002.
Loss (13 September 1889)
13 September 1889. HARLEQUIN. 53 years of Grimsby. Wood dandy. 52 ton. 6 men. Master J. Osborne. Owner J. Meadows, Grimsby. Grimsby to fishing. Ballast. Wind E2. 1 mile W of Kinnaird Head lighthouse, Aberdeenshire.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1889-90 (1890-91 [C.6468] LXXVI.485).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1508).
(Classified as wooden dandy, in ballast: date of loss cited as 13 September 1889). This vessel stranded 1 mile W of Kinnaird Head light[house]. Capt. Osborne.
Registration: Grimsby. Built 1836. Length: 52m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 41.50 W2 1.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (29 January 2002)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. Kinnaird Head (old) lighthouse (NJ96NE 7.00) is at NJ 99864 67528.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 January 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4184
Name : HARLEQUIN
Latitude : 574130
Longitude : 20145
Date Built : 1836
Registration : GRIMSBY
Type : DANDY (WOOD)
Tonnage : 52
Loss Day : 13
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1889
Comment : Stranded 1 mile W of Kinnaird Hd Lt. Capt. Osborne
Cargo : BALLAST
