Fremad: Newark Castle, St Monans, Firth Of Forth
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Fremad: Newark Castle, St Monans, Firth Of Forth
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) St Monance; Outer Forth Estuary; Fremad
Canmore ID 250283
Site Number NO50SW 8016
NGR NO 518 011
NGR Description NO c. 518 011
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO50SW 8016 c. 518 011
N56 12.0 W2 46.7
NLO: Newark Castle [name: NO 518 012]
St Monans [name: NO 526 015].
Location formerly entered as NO c. 518 012 [N56 12.1 W2 46.6].
20 October 1898 FREMAD, 25 years, of Denmark, wood schooner, 79 ton, 5 men, Master H.M. Jensen. Owner R.A. Holst, Svaneke, Denmark. Konigsberg to Methil. Sleepers. Wind ESE 5. Newark Castle near St. Monans. Casualties involving total loss of vessel during year end 30 June 1899.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours, of UK July 1898-99 (1900 [Cd. 318] LXXVII.531).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 723).
(Classified as wooden schooner: no cargo specified but date of loss cited as 20 October 1898). Fremad: this vessel stranded at Newark Castle, near St Monans. Capt. Jensen.
Registration: Marstal [Denmark]. Built 1873. 79nrt. Length: 24m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 12.00 W2 46.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Newark (or St Monance) Castle (NO50SW 17.00) is at NO 51824 01191.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 September 2003.
Loss (20 October 1898)
20 October 1898 FREMAD, 25 years, of Denmark, wood schooner, 79 ton, 5 men, Master H.M. Jensen. Owner R.A. Holst, Svaneke, Denmark. Konigsberg to Methil. Sleepers. Wind ESE 5. Newark Castle near St. Monans. Casualties involving total loss of vessel during year end 30 June 1899.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours, of UK July 1898-99 (1900 [Cd. 318] LXXVII.531).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 723).
(Classified as wooden schooner: no cargo specified but date of loss cited as 20 October 1898). Fremad: this vessel stranded at Newark Castle, near St Monans. Capt. Jensen.
Registration: Marstal [Denmark]. Built 1873. 79nrt. Length: 24m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 12.00 W2 46.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (12 September 2003)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Newark (or St Monance) Castle (NO50SW 17.00) is at NO 51824 01191.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 September 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3299
Name : FREMAD
Latitude : 561200
Longitude : 24630
Date Built : 1873
Registration : MARSTAL
Type : SCHOONER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 79
Tonnage Code : N
Length : 24
Beam : 6
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 20
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1898
Comment : Stranded at Newark Castle, near St Monans. Capt. Jensen
