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Otto: West Haven, Carnoustie, North Sea
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Otto: West Haven, Carnoustie, North Sea
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Westhaven Coastguard Station'; Otto
Canmore ID 260902
Site Number NO53SE 8007
NGR NO 576 346
NGR Description NO c. 576 346
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Angus
- Parish Maritime - Angus
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO53SE 8007 c. 574 348
N56 30.2 W2 41.5
NLO: West Haven [name: NO 574 348]
Carnoustie [name: NO 568 345].
13 January 1883, OTTO, 15 yrs old, of Sweden, wooden brig, 262 tons, 8 crew, Master R. Beronius, Owner L. O. Asberg, Stromstad, Sweden, departed Dunkirk for Stromstad, in ballast, wind E. by S.9, stranded, total loss, near Westhaven Coast Guard Station, Co. Forfar.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1882-83 (1884 [C.4154] LXXI.621).
OTTO, Arbroath, Jan. 13, 6 20 p.m. The brig OTTO, of Stromstadt, came ashore this afternoon five miles west of Arbroath. Mainmast cut away, and vessel likely to become a total wreck. Crew of eight saved by rocket apparatus. Strong south-east gale.
Source: Casualties &c., LL, No. 21,438, London, Monday, January 15 1883.
OTTO, Arbroath, Jan. 20. The OTTO, of Stromstad, which drove ashore at Westhaven, Jan. 13, was condemned, and was sold as a wreck, Jan. 18: hull and materials realised about 125 l. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3336).
(Classified as wooden brig, in ballast: date of loss cited as 13 January 1883). This vessel stranded near Westhaven coastguard station. Capt. Beronius.
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location of Westhaven coastguard station cannot be ascertained from the available map evidence.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 July 2004.
Loss (13 January 1883)
13 January 1883, OTTO, 15 yrs old, of Sweden, wooden brig, 262 tons, 8 crew, Master R. Beronius, Owner L. O. Asberg, Stromstad, Sweden, departed Dunkirk for Stromstad, in ballast, wind E. by S.9, stranded, total loss, near Westhaven Coast Guard Station, Co. Forfar.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1882-83 (1884 [C.4154] LXXI.621).
OTTO, Arbroath, Jan. 13, 6 20 p.m. The brig OTTO, of Stromstadt, came ashore this afternoon five miles west of Arbroath. Mainmast cut away, and vessel likely to become a total wreck. Crew of eight saved by rocket apparatus. Strong south-east gale.
Source: Casualties &c., LL, No. 21,438, London, Monday, January 15 1883.
OTTO, Arbroath, Jan. 20. The OTTO, of Stromstad, which drove ashore at Westhaven, Jan. 13, was condemned, and was sold as a wreck, Jan. 18: hull and materials realised about 125 l. [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3336).
(Classified as wooden brig, in ballast: date of loss cited as 13 January 1883). Otto: [this vessel] stranded near Westhaven coastguard station. Capt. Beronius.
Registration: Swedish. Built 1868. 262 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N56 30.00 W2 41.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (28 December 2011)
(Location re-entered as NO c. 576 345 [N56 30.10 W2 41.40]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the evidence of the current edition of the OS (GIS) MasterMap. This notes West Haven [NAT] inland, around NO 574 351, but applies Harbour [NAT] to a small gap in the rocks around NO 576 346, opposite the E end of the current built-up area of Carnoustie.
The location of Westhaven (West Haven) coastguard station cannot be ascertained from the available map evidence.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 December 2011.
Named Location (Nlo) (28 December 2011)
NLO: West Haven [name: NO 574 348]
Carnoustie [name: NO 568 345].
Location formerly entered as NO c. 574 348 [N56 30.2 W2 41.5].
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3562
Name : OTTO
Latitude : 563000
Longitude : 24145
Date Built : 1868
Registration : SWEDISH
Type : BRIG (WOOD)
Tonnage : 262
Loss Day : 13
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1883
Comment : Stranded near Westhaven coastguard station. Capt. Beronius
Cargo : BALLAST
