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Paragon: Moray Firth
Dandy (19th Century)
Site Name Paragon: Moray Firth
Classification Dandy (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) '40 Miles Wnw Of Kinnaird Head'; Kinnaird's Head; North Sea; Paragon
Canmore ID 250363
Site Number NJ29SE 8002
NGR NJ 28 94
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/250363
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ29SE 8002 unlocated
NLO: Kinnaird Head [name: NJ 998 676].
See also NJ29SE 8001.
Possibly within Maritime - Highland.
27 November 1898 PARAGON, of Grimsby, wood dandy, 90 ton, 10 men, master C. Slater, owner A. Culyer, Grimsby. Grimsby to fishing. Ballast. Struck floating wreckage wind ENE6. About 40 miles WNW of Kinnaird's [Kinnaird] Head, Aberdeenshire. 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. 761).
(Classified as wooden dandy, in ballast: date of loss cited as 27 November 1898). Paragon: this vessel in collision with floating wreckage, and sank 40 miles WNW of Kinnaird Head. (Grimsby 1883?).
Registration: Peterhead. Built 1873. 106grt. Length: 25m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 56.00 W3 13.00).
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 alternatively have occurred within the area that is designated Maritime - Highland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 September 2003.
Loss (27 November 1898)
27 November 1898 PARAGON, of Grimsby, wood dandy, 90 ton, 10 men, master C. Slater, owner A. Culyer, Grimsby. Grimsby to fishing. Ballast. Struck floating wreckage wind ENE6. About 40 miles WNW of Kinnaird's [Kinnaird] Head, Aberdeenshire. 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. 761).
(Classified as wooden dandy, in ballast: date of loss cited as 27 November 1898). Paragon: this vessel in collision with floating wreckage, and sank 40 miles WNW of Kinnaird Head. (Grimsby 1883?).
Registration: Peterhead. Built 1873. 106grt. Length: 25m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 56.00 W3 13.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (19 September 2003)
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 alternatively have occurred within the area that is designated Maritime - Highland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 September 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2308
Name : PARAGON
Latitude : 575600
Longitude : 31300
Date Built : 1873
Registration : PETERHEAD
Type : DANDY (WOOD)
Tonnage : 106
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 25
Beam : 6
Draught : 3m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 27
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1898
Comment : Collision with floating wreckage. Sank 40 mls WNW of Kinnaird Hd (GRIMSBY 1883?)
Cargo : BALLAST
