John And Isabella: Dunnottar Castle, North Sea
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name John And Isabella: Dunnottar Castle, North Sea
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dunotter Castle; 'near Stonehaven'
Canmore ID 257959
Site Number NO88SE 8009
NGR NO 881 838
NGR Description NO c. 881 838
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO88SE 8009 c. 881 838
N56 56.7 W2 11.8
NLO: Dunnottar Castle [name: NO 882 839].
Location formerly entered as NO c. 89 83 [N56 56 W2 11].
21 October 1875, JOHN AND ISABELLA, 27 yrs old, of S. Shields, wooden brig, 204 tons, 7 crew, Owner G. Wardell, Sunderland, departed Gefle for Sunderland, carrying timber, stranded, total loss, 7 lives lost, wind SSE10, near Dunnottar Castle, Kincardineshire.
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. 2650).
Stonehaven, 22nd Oct., 1.15 p.m., the JOHN & ISABELLA (brig)(Off. No., 24,737), of South Shields, is a total wreck at Dunotter [Dunnottar] Castle: crew all drowned.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 19,189, London, Saturday October 23 1875
Aberdeen, 23rd Oct., 11.55 a.m., the brig JOHN & ISABELLA, of Sunderland, supposed timber laden, has been wrecked near Stonehaven: crew supposed lost: one body cast ashore.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 19,190, London, Monday October 25 [1875].
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4243).
(Classified as wooden brig, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as 21 October 1875). John & Isabella: this vessel was wrecked near Dunottar Castle. Capt. Street.
Registration: South Shields. Built 1848. 204grt. Length: 26m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 56.75 W2 11.67).
I G Whittaker 1998.
(Location entered as NO c. 881 838 [N56 56.7 W2 11.8]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Dunnottar Castle (NO88SE 11.00) is at NO 88128 83842, and occupies a cliff-girt promontory.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 January 2007.
Loss (21 October 1875)
21 October 1875, JOHN AND ISABELLA, 27 yrs old, of S. Shields, wooden brig, 204 tons, 7 crew, Owner G. Wardell, Sunderland, departed Gefle for Sunderland, carrying timber, stranded, total loss, 7 lives lost, wind SSE10, near Dunnottar Castle, Kincardineshire.
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. 2650).
Stonehaven, 22nd Oct., 1.15 p.m., the JOHN & ISABELLA (brig)(Off. No., 24,737), of South Shields, is a total wreck at Dunotter [Dunnottar] Castle: crew all drowned.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 19,189, London, Saturday October 23 1875
Aberdeen, 23rd Oct., 11.55 a.m., the brig JOHN & ISABELLA, of Sunderland, supposed timber laden, has been wrecked near Stonehaven: crew supposed lost: one body cast ashore.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 19,190, London, Monday October 25 [1875].
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4243).
(Classified as wooden brig, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as 21 October 1875). John & Isabella: this vessel was wrecked near Dunottar Castle. Capt. Street.
Registration: South Shields. Built 1848. 204grt. Length: 26m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 56.75 W2 11.67).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (4 January 2007)
NLO: Dunnottar Castle [name: NO 882 839].
Location formerly entered as NO c. 89 83 [N56 56 W2 11].
Note (4 January 2007)
(Location entered as NO c. 881 838 [N56 56.7 W2 11.8]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Dunnottar Castle (NO88SE 11.00) is at NO 88128 83842, and occupies a cliff-girt promontory.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 January 2007.