Press On: Moray Firth
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Press On: Moray Firth
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Press-on; 'between Dunbeath And Buckie'; Press On
Canmore ID 209314
Site Number ND42SW 8001
NGR ND 41 20
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/209314
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
ND42SW 8001 unlocated
NLO: Buckie [name: NJ 415 654]
Dunbeath [name: ND 161 296].
Formerly entered as NJ37NE 8001 (unlocated), within Maritime - Aberdeenshire.
28 February 1869, PRESS ON, 1 year, lugger, 15 ton, 8 men, from Dunbeath, to Buckie, ballast, foundered, total loss, 8 dead, wind NW force 10, about half way across Moray Firth.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 635).
(Classified as lugger, in ballast: date of loss cited as 28 February 1869). Press On: this vessel foundered mid-way between Buckie and Dunbeath.
Registration: Buckie. Built 1868. 15nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 10.00 W3 0.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative areas that are designated Maritime - Aberdeenshire or Maritime - Moray.
The date cited is apparently that of report, rather than loss.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 February 2002.
Loss (28 February 1869)
28 February 1869, PRESS ON, 1 year, lugger, 15 ton, 8 men, from Dunbeath, to Buckie, ballast, foundered, total loss, 8 dead, wind NW force 10, about half way across Moray Firth.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 635).
(Classified as lugger, in ballast: date of loss cited as 28 February 1869). Press On: this vessel foundered mid-way between Buckie and Dunbeath.
Registration: Buckie. Built 1868. 15nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N58 10.00 W3 0.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (19 February 2002)
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative areas that are designated Maritime - Aberdeenshire or Maritime - Moray.
The date cited is apparently that of report, rather than loss.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 February 2002.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11959
Name : PRESS ON
Latitude : 581000
Longitude : 30000
Date Built : 1868
Registration : BUCKIE
Type : LUGGER
Tonnage : 15
Tonnage Code : N
Loss Day : 28
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1869
Comment : Foundered mid-way between Buckie and Dunbeath.
Cargo : BALLAST
