Venus: Aberdeen Beach, Aberdeen Bay, North Sea
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Venus: Aberdeen Beach, Aberdeen Bay, North Sea
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Don Mouth; '1.5 Miles North Of Aberdeen'; Venus
Canmore ID 248560
Site Number NJ90NE 8177
NGR NJ 95 08
NGR Description NJ c. 95 08
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeen City Of
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ90NE 8177 c. 95 08
N57 10 W2 5
NLO: Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05]
Aberdeen Bay [name centred NJ 956 075].
For associated loss of the Armitstead or Annistead, see NJ90NE 8084.
Not to be confused with NJ90NE 8190.
Possibly on map sheet and/or within Maritime - Aberdeenshire.
26 November 1852, VENUS, of Aberdeen, brig, 134 ton, 7 men, Sunderland to Aberdeen, coal, wind SSE force 10, thick and rain, 6 am, low water, no exams, vessel age 14, not classed, value #500, insured #450, cargo #70 not insured. Place - Aberdeen. On the beach, 1? mile north off. Driven on through stress of weather. Smith = master. Coastguard Officers. Shipping and Mercantile Gazette 27 November 1852. Lloyds List 29 November 1852.
Source: PP Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of the UK 1852 (1852-53 (983) LXI.1)
Aberdeen, 25th Nov. The VENUS, Mathew, & the ARMISTEAD, Arthur, both of and for this port, coal laden, were driven on the beach north of the harbour this morning, and have become total wrecks; master and four men of the VENUS, and six men of the ARMISTEAD drowned. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 390).
(Classified as brig with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 26 November 1852). Venus: this vessel stranded 1.5 miles N of Aberdeen. Capt. Mathews.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1838. 134 tons burthern. Length: 21m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 10.25 W2 4.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this loss is essentially tentative. The loss of this vessel may have occurred on map sheet and possibly within the quasi-administrative area defined as Maritime - Aberdeenshire.
Aberdeen Beach is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name evidently applies to the southern part of the lengthy and gently-curving sand-dune coast that stretches Northwards from Aberdeen, from NJ 95 06 to NK 02 26.
Aberdeen Bay is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. The name presumably applies to the ill-defined and sand-fringed indentation that forms a shallow arc extending North from the mouth of the River Dee (at NJ 96 05).
Donmouth or Don Mouth is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map; the River Don enters the sea at NJ 955 095.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 March 2004.
Loss (25 November 1852)
26 November 1852, VENUS, of Aberdeen, brig, 134 ton, 7 men, Sunderland to Aberdeen, coal, wind SSE force 10, thick and rain, 6 am, low water, no exams, vessel age 14, not classed, value #500, insured #450, cargo #70 not insured. Place - Aberdeen. On the beach, 1? mile north off. Driven on through stress of weather. Smith = master. Coastguard Officers. Shipping and Mercantile Gazette 27 November 1852. Lloyds List 29 November 1852.
Source: PP Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of the UK 1852 (1852-53 (983) LXI.1)
Aberdeen, 25th Nov. The VENUS, Mathew, & the ARMISTEAD, Arthur, both of and for this port, coal laden, were driven on the beach north of the harbour this morning, and have become total wrecks; master and four men of the VENUS, and six men of the ARMISTEAD drowned. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 390).
(Classified as brig with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 26 November 1852). Venus: this vessel stranded 1.5 miles N of Aberdeen. Capt. Mathews.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1838. 134 tons burthern. Length: 21m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 10.25 W2 4.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (24 March 2004)
The location assigned to this loss is essentially tentative. The loss of this vessel may have occurred on map sheet NJ91SE and possibly within the quasi-administrative area defined as Maritime - Aberdeenshire.
Aberdeen Beach is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name evidently applies to the southern part of the lengthy and gently-curving sand-dune coast that stretches Northwards from Aberdeen, from NJ 95 06 to NK 02 26.
Aberdeen Bay is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. The name presumably applies to the ill-defined and sand-fringed indentation that forms a shallow arc extending North from the mouth of the River Dee (at NJ 96 05).
Donmouth or Don Mouth is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map; the River Don enters the sea at NJ 955 095.
The date of loss cited in the primary account is preferred over that cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 March 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10841
Name : VENUS
Latitude : 571015
Longitude : 20400
Date Built : 1838
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : BRIG
Tonnage : 134
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 21
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 26
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1852
Comment : Stranded 1.5 miles north of Aberdeen. Capt. Mathews
Cargo : COAL
