York: Bell Rock, North Sea
Ship Of The Line (19th Century)
Site Name York: Bell Rock, North Sea
Classification Ship Of The Line (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hms York; Inchcape Rock; Cruden Bay; St Coombs; St Combs
Canmore ID 243088
Site Number NO72NE 8012
NGR NO 761 268
NGR Description NO c. 761 268
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/243088
- Council Angus
- Parish Maritime - Angus
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO72NE 8012 c. 762 270
N56 26.1 W2 23.2
NLO: Bell Rock [NO 762 270]
Cruden Bay [name: NK 091 364]
Bay of Cruden [name centred NK 090 348]
St Combs [name: NK 055 632].
See also NO72NE 8013.
HMS York: this 74-gun [3rd rate] ship stranded on Bell Rock in January 1804. Wreckage was found at Cruden Bay and St Coombs [both in Buchan, Aberdeenshire]. (64-gun?).
Registration: London. 1433 tons burthern. Length: 53m. Beam: 13m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 26.0 W2 23.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The Bell Rock lighthouse (NO72NE 1) is at NO 76165 26808.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 August 2007.
Loss (1 January 1804 - 31 January 1804)
HMS York: this 74-gun [3rd rate] ship stranded on Bell Rock in January 1804. Wreckage was found at Cruden Bay and St Coombs [both in Buchan, Aberdeenshire]. (64-gun?).
Registration: London. 1433 tons burthern. Length: 53m. Beam: 13m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 26.0 W2 23.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3050
Name : HMS YORK
Latitude : 562600
Longitude : 22300
Registration : LONDON
Type : 74-GUN
Tonnage : 1433
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 53
Beam : 13
Draught : 6m
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1804
Comment : Stranded on Bell rock, wreckage at Cruden Bay and St Coombs (64-gun?)
Named Location (Nlo) (3 February 2012)
NLO: Bell Rock [name: NO 761 268]
Cruden Bay [name: NK 091 364]
Bay of Cruden [name centred NK 090 348]
St Combs [name: NK 055 632].
See also NO72NE 8013.
Location of loss formerly entered as NO c. 762 270 [N56 26.1 W2 23.2].
Note (3 February 2012)
(Location re-entered as NO c. 761 268 [N56 26.00 W2 23.30]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 February 2012.
