Expert: Scurdie Ness, Montrose, North Sea
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Expert: Scurdie Ness, Montrose, North Sea
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Scurdyness Point; Montrose Ness; Montroseness; Montrose Harbour Approach; Expert
Canmore ID 252883
Site Number NO75NW 8080
NGR NO 733 567
NGR Description NO c. 733 567
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Angus
- Parish Maritime - Angus
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO75NW 8080 c. 733 567
N56 42.1 W2 26.2
NLO: Montrose [name: NO 720 572]
Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567].
6 December 1885, EXPERT, 45 yrs old, registered Montrose, wooden schooner, 68 tons, 3 crew. Master D. Gemlo, Owner W. Mollison, Bervie. Departed Stonehaven for Montrose in ballast with one passenger. Wind N6, stranded Scurdyness Point, Co. Forfar.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1885-86 (1887 [C.5196] LXXIV.449).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1900).
(Classified as wooden schooner, in ballast: date of loss cited as 6 December 1885). Expert: [this vessel] stranded at Scurdyness Point [Scurdie Ness], Forfar[shire]. Capt. Dickie. (Capt. Gemlo?).
Registration: Montrose. Built 1841. 68grt. Length: 18m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 42.00 W2 26.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
(Location entered as NO c. 733 567 [N56 42.1 W2 26.2]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The prominent rocky headland of Scurdie Ness is also known as Montrose Ness or Montroseness. It is situated on the S side of the entrance to the lengthy approach (from the E) to Montrose Harbour or the Port of Montrose (NO75NW 44.00).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 December 2003.
Loss (6 December 1885)
6 December 1885, EXPERT, 45 yrs old, registered Montrose, wooden schooner, 68 tons, 3 crew. Master D. Gemlo, Owner W. Mollison, Bervie. Departed Stonehaven for Montrose in ballast with one passenger. Wind N6, stranded Scurdyness Point, Co. Forfar.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1885-86 (1887 [C.5196] LXXIV.449).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1900).
(Classified as wooden schooner, in ballast: date of loss cited as 6 December 1885). Expert: [this vessel] stranded at Scurdyness Point [Scurdie Ness], Forfar[shire]. Capt. Dickie. (Capt. Gemlo?).
Registration: Montrose. Built 1841. 68grt. Length: 18m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 42.00 W2 26.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (16 December 2003)
NLO: Montrose [name: NO 720 572]
Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567].
Note (16 December 2003)
(Location entered as NO c. 733 567 [N56 42.1 W2 26.2]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The prominent rocky headland of Scurdie Ness is also known as Montrose Ness or Montroseness. It is situated on the S side of the entrance to the lengthy approach (from the E) to Montrose Harbour or the Port of Montrose (NO75NW 44.00).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 December 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3477
Name : EXPERT
Latitude : 564200
Longitude : 22600
Date Built : 1841
Registration : MONTROSE
Type : SCHOONER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 68
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 18
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1885
Comment : Stranded at Scurdyness Point, Forfar. Capt. Dickie (Capt. Gemlo ?)
Cargo : BALLAST
