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Jane: Eyebroughy, Firth Of Forth
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Jane: Eyebroughy, Firth Of Forth
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Eyebroughty Rock; Eyebroughy Rock; '3 Miles W Of Fidra Island'; Outer Forth Estuary; Jane
Canmore ID 251751
Site Number NT48NE 8006
NGR NT 494 863
NGR Description NT c. 494 863
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/251751
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Maritime - East Lothian
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT48NE 8006 c. 494 863
N56 4 W2 48.8
NLO: Eyebroughy [name: NT 494 863]
Fidra [name: NT 512 869]
North Berwick [name: NT 55 85].
Possibly on map sheet NT58NW.
18 December 1892. JANE. 52 years of Lowestoft. Wood schooner. 94 ton. 5 men. Master W.B. Fox. Owner Mrs H. Fox, Great Yarmouth. Goole to Leith. Alum and 1 passenger. Wind WNW9. Eyebroughty Rock, 3 miles W of Fidra Island, Firth of Forth.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1892-93 (1894 [C.7324] LXXVI.505).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1293).
(Classified as wooden schooner, with cargo of alum: date of loss cited as 18 December 1892). This vessel stranded on Eyebroughy Rock, 3 miles W of Fidra.
I G Whittaker 1998.
Loss (18 December 1852)
18 December 1892. JANE. 52 years of Lowestoft. Wood schooner. 94 ton. 5 men. Master W.B. Fox. Owner Mrs H. Fox, Great Yarmouth. Goole to Leith. Alum and 1 passenger. Wind WNW9. Eyebroughty Rock, 3 miles W of Fidra Island, Firth of Forth.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1892-93 (1894 [C.7324] LXXVI.505).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1293).
(Classified as wooden schooner, with cargo of alum: date of loss cited as 18 December 1892). Jane: [this vessel] stranded on Eyebroughy Rock [Eyebroughy], 3 miles W of Fidra. Capt. Fox.
Registration: Lowestoft. Built 1840. 94 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N56 4.00 W2 48.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
NT48NE 8006 c. 494 863
N56 4 W2 48.8
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4428
Name : JANE
Latitude : 560400
Longitude : 24830
Date Built : 1840
Registration : LOWESTOFT
Type : SCHOONER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 94
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1892
Comment : Stranded Eyebroughy rock, 3 miles W of Fidra. Capt. Fox
Cargo : ALUM
Named Location (Nlo) (28 February 2012)
NLO: Eyebroughy [name: NT 494 863]
Fidra [name: NT 512 869].
Note (28 February 2012)
(Location entered as NT c. 494 863 [N56 4 W2 48.8]). The location assigned to this rock is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 February 2012.
