Sweet Home: North Sea
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Sweet Home: North Sea
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Katerline; Catterline; 'a Mile And A Half From Cotterline Harbour'; Sweet Home
Canmore ID 260639
Site Number NO87NE 8011
NGR NO 89 78
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/260639
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO87NE 8011 unlocated
NLO: Catterline [name: NO 870 782].
20 January 1882, SWEET HOME, 6 yrs old, not registered, wooden lugger, 3 tons, 5 crew, Master and Owner J. Noble, Katerline [Catterline], Kincardineshire, departed Katerline for fishing, in ballast, 4 lives lost, wind SW6, foundered, total loss, 1.5 mile off Katerline [Catterline], Kincardineshire.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1881-82 (1883 [C.3487] LXIII.135).
SWEET HOME fishing smack, Noble, while returning from fishing today, was caught by a sudden gust and over-whelmed by the heavy sea when a mile and a half from Cotterline [Catterline] Harbour. The crew of five were thrown into the water. The accident was observed from the shore, and a boat picked up one man, but the others were lost. (Stonehaven, Jan. 20).
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 21,135, London, Monday January 23 1882.
SWEET HOME fishing smack, Noble, while returning from fishing Jan. 20, was caught by a sudden gust and overwhelmed by the heavy sea when near [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3172).
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast; date of loss cited as 20 January 1882). Sweet Home: [this vessel] foundered 1.5 miles off Katerline [Catterline]. Capt. Noble.
Not registered. Built 1876. 2 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N56 54.00 W2 10.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. 'Catterline Harbour' presumably referes to Catterline Pier (NO87NE 3), which extends from NO 87017 78205 to NO c. 87036 78251.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 July 2004.
Loss (20 January 1882)
20 January 1882, SWEET HOME, 6 yrs old, not registered, wooden lugger, 3 tons, 5 crew, Master and Owner J. Noble, Katerline [Catterline], Kincardineshire, departed Katerline for fishing, in ballast, 4 lives lost, wind SW6, foundered, total loss, 1.5 mile off Katerline [Catterline], Kincardineshire.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1881-82 (1883 [C.3487] LXIII.135).
SWEET HOME fishing smack, Noble, while returning from fishing today, was caught by a sudden gust and over-whelmed by the heavy sea when a mile and a half from Cotterline [Catterline] Harbour. The crew of five were thrown into the water. The accident was observed from the shore, and a boat picked up one man, but the others were lost. (Stonehaven, Jan. 20).
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 21,135, London, Monday January 23 1882.
SWEET HOME fishing smack, Noble, while returning from fishing Jan. 20, was caught by a sudden gust and overwhelmed by the heavy sea when near [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3172).
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast; date of loss cited as 20 January 1882). Sweet Home: [this vessel] foundered 1.5 miles off Katerline [Catterline]. Capt. Noble.
Not registered. Built 1876. 2 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N56 54.00 W2 10.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (1 July 2004)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. 'Catterline Harbour' presumably referes to Catterline Pier (NO87NE 3), which extends from NO 87017 78205 to NO c. 87036 78251.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 July 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3131
Name : SWEET HOME
Latitude : 565400
Longitude : 21000
Date Built : 1876
Registration : Not Registered
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 3
Loss Day : 20
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1882
Comment : Foundered 1.5 miles off Katerline. Capt. Noble
Cargo : BALLAST
