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Ospray: St Andrews Bay, North Sea
Steam Tug (19th Century)
Site Name Ospray: St Andrews Bay, North Sea
Classification Steam Tug (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Osprey; 'three Miles East Of St Andrews'; 'two Miles Off Broadhills'; Boarhills; Outer Tay Estuary; Ospray (Osprey ?); A/c Nieuport
Canmore ID 255951
Site Number NO51NE 8001
NGR NO 583 184
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/255951
- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO51NE 8001 c. 57 18
NLO: St Andrews [name: NO 515 166]
St Andrews Bay [name centred NO 52 18].
Possibly on map sheet NO51NW.
24 August 1871, OSPRAY, of North Shields, 5 yrs old, SS, 59 tons, 7 crew, departed North Shields for Dundee, in ballast, foundered, total loss, 7 lives lost, wind WSW12, 3 miles E of St Andrews.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2416).
(Classified as steam tug, in ballast: date of loss cited as 24 August 1871). Ospray (Osprey?): this vessel foundered 3 miles E of St Andrews, [and] 2 miles off Broadhills. Capt. Edwards.
Registration: British. 59 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N56 21.50 W2 40.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
The location of Broadhills cannot be established from the available map and gazetteer references. This place-name may be equated with the village of Boarhills [name: NO 565 142], which is situated inland from the NE coast of Fife and the S coast of St Andrews Bay.
The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the area of map sheet NO51NW.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 March 2004.
Loss (24 August 1871)
24 August 1871, OSPRAY, of North Shields, 5 yrs old, SS, 59 tons, 7 crew, departed North Shields for Dundee, in ballast, foundered, total loss, 7 lives lost, wind WSW12, 3 miles E of St Andrews.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2416).
(Classified as steam tug, in ballast: date of loss cited as 24 August 1871). Ospray (Osprey?): this vessel foundered 3 miles E of St Andrews, [and] 2 miles off Broadhills. Capt. Edwards.
Registration: British. 59 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N56 21.50 W2 40.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (August 1995)
Osprey:
1871, Steam Tug, bound for Dundee when she foundered unseen at night. Last seen three miles East from St Andrews pier.
Note (23 March 2004)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
The location of Broadhills cannot be established from the available map and gazetteer references. This place-name may be equated with the village of Boarhills [name: NO 565 142], which is situated inland from the NE coast of Fife and the S coast of St Andrews Bay.
The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the area of map sheet NO51NW.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 March 2004.
Note (9 August 2011)
The location assigned to this record has been amended to the approximate position cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 9 August 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5376
Name : OSPRAY (OSPREY ?)
Latitude : 562130
Longitude : 24030
Registration : BRITISH
Type : STEAM TUG
Tonnage : 59
Loss Day : 24
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1871
Comment : Foundered 3 miles east of St Andrews, 2 miles off Broadhills. Capt. Edwards
Cargo : BALLAST
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 18635
Name : A/C NIEUPORT
Latitude : 562200
Longitude : 24000
Registration : BRITISH
Type : NIGHTJAR
Loss Day : 14
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1924
Comment : Wreecked attempting forced landing in the sea off St Andrews.
Cargo : J6972 404 Flt
