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Ariel: Montrose Harbour Approach, North Sea
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Ariel: Montrose Harbour Approach, North Sea
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Scurdie Ness; 'at The Entrance To Montrose Harbour'; Montrose Harbour Entrance; River South Esk
Canmore ID 256560
Site Number NO75NW 8084
NGR NO 725 569
NGR Description NO c. 725 569
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/256560
- Council Angus
- Parish Maritime - Angus
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO75NW 8084 c. 725 569
N56 42.2 W2 27.0
NLO: Montrose [name: NO 720 572]
Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567].
Location formerly entered as NO c. 72 56 [N56 42 W2 27].
Not to be confused with NO75NE 8014.
19 July 1875, ARIEL, 20 yrs old, of Pittenweem, wooden lugger, 67 tons, 5 crew, Master and Owner R. Lindsay, Pittenweem, departed Montrose for fishing, in ballast, wind NNW3, stranded at the entrance to Montrose Harbour.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1875 - 76 (1876 [C.1632] LXVII.191).
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 2579).
(Location of loss re-entered as c. 725 569 [N56 42.2 W2 27.0]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Montrose Harbour or the Port of Montrose (NO75NW 44.00) occupies an ill-defined area around NO 7123 5121. It does not have a clearly-defined entrance, but is approached (from the E) between the extensive estuarine sandbanks of the River South Esk, which extend as far E as Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567]. The vessel evidently stranded within the area of these sandbanks.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 April 2004.
Evidence Of Loss (19 July 1875)
19 July 1875, ARIEL, 20 yrs old, of Pittenweem, wooden lugger, 67 tons, 5 crew, Master and Owner R. Lindsay, Pittenweem, departed Montrose for fishing, in ballast, wind NNW3, stranded at the entrance to Montrose Harbour.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1875 - 76 (1876 [C.1632] LXVII.191).
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 2579).
Named Location (Nlo) (16 November 2011)
NLO: Montrose [name: NO 720 572]
Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567].
Location formerly entered as NO c. 72 56 [N56 42 W2 27].
Not to be confused with NO75NE 8014.
Note (16 November 2011)
(Location of loss re-entered as c. 725 569 [N56 42.2 W2 27.0]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Montrose Harbour or the Port of Montrose (NO75NW 44.00) occupies an ill-defined area around NO 7123 5121. It does not have a clearly-defined entrance, but is approached (from the E) between the extensive estuarine sandbanks of the River South Esk, which extend as far E as Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567]. The vessel evidently stranded within the area of these sandbanks.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 November 2011.
