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Isabella: Skateraw, Newtonhill Bay, North Sea
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Isabella: Skateraw, Newtonhill Bay, North Sea
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'About 6 Miles N Of Stonehaven'; 'newtonhill, Near Skateraw, Aberdeen'; Isabella
Canmore ID 252232
Site Number NO99SW 8004
NGR NO 914 934
NGR Description NO c. 914 934
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/252232
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO99SW 8004 c. 914 934
N57 1.9 W2 8.6
NLO: Newtonhill [name: NO 913 933]
Newtonhill Bay [name centred NO 915 934]
Stonehaven [name: NO 875 858]
Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05].
Location formerly entered as NO c. 91 93 [N57 2 W2 9].
13 November 1888. ISABELLA. 24 years of Banff. Wood schooner. 94 ton. 5 men. Master G. Lyall. Owner W. Watson, Banff. Sunderland to Banff. Coal and whiting. Wind SE10. About 6 miles N of Stonehaven.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1888-89 (1890 [C.6115] LXVI.543).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1596).
(Classified as wooden schooner, with cargo of coal and whiting: date of loss cited as 13 November 1888). Isabella: this vessel was wrecked at Newtonhill, near Skateraw, Aberdeen. Capt. Lyall.
Registration: Banff. Built 1864. 93grt. Length: 23m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 2.00 W2 8.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Skateraw or Skate Raw is not noted as such on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 November 2003.
(Location entered as NO c. 914 934 [N57 1.9 W2 8.6]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Skate Raw or Skateraw is not noted as as such on the current edition of the OS (GIS) MasterMap, but Skateraw Road, Newtonhill extends from NO c. 9110 9344 to NO c. 9134 9341.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 September 2011.
Loss (13 November 1888)
13 November 1888. ISABELLA. 24 years of Banff. Wood schooner. 94 ton. 5 men. Master G. Lyall. Owner W. Watson, Banff. Sunderland to Banff. Coal and whiting. Wind SE10. About 6 miles N of Stonehaven.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1888-89 (1890 [C.6115] LXVI.543).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1596).
(Classified as wooden schooner, with cargo of coal and whiting: date of loss cited as 13 November 1888). Isabella: this vessel was wrecked at Newtonhill, near Skateraw, Aberdeen. Capt. Lyall.
Registration: Banff. Built 1864. 93grt. Length: 23m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 2.00 W2 8.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (25 November 2003)
NLO: Newtonhill [name: NO 913 933]
Newtonhill Bay [name centred NO 915 934]
Stonehaven [name: NO 875 858]
Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05].
Location formerly entered as NO c. 91 93 [N57 2 W2 9].
Note (25 November 2003)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Skateraw or Skate Raw is not noted as such on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 November 2003.
Note (5 September 2011)
(Location entered as NO c. 914 934 [N57 1.9 W2 8.6]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Skate Raw or Skateraw is not noted as as such on the current edition of the OS (GIS) MasterMap, but Skateraw Road, Newtonhill extends from NO c. 9110 9344 to NO c. 9134 9341.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 September 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3991
Name : ISABELLA
Latitude : 570200
Longitude : 20800
Date Built : 1864
Registration : BANFF
Type : SCHOONER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 93
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 23
Beam : 6
Loss Day : 13
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1888
Comment : Wrecked at Newtonhill, near Skateraw, Aberdeen. Capt. Lyall
Cargo : COAL & WHITING
