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Maori: North Carr Rock, Carr Brigs, Fife Ness, North Sea
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Maori: North Carr Rock, Carr Brigs, Fife Ness, North Sea
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Montrose; 'near Fifeness'; Carr Briggs; Carr Rock; Outer Forth Estuary; Outer Tay Estuary; Firth Of Forth; Firth Of Tay; Maori
Canmore ID 261846
Site Number NO61SW 8083
NGR NO 647 115
NGR Description NO c. 647 115
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/261846
- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO61SW 8083 c. 647 115
N56 17.7 W2 34.3
NLO: Montrose [name: NO 720 572]
Carr Brigs [name: NO 645 113]
Fife Ness [name: NO 638 098]
North Carr Beacon [name: NO 647 115].
Possibly on map sheets or NO63NW.
Formerly entered as NO64SW 8032 at cited location NO c. 64 40 [N56 33 W2 35].
Montrose, 15th Apl., the MAORI, Coull, hence to St. David's, stranded on the Carr rock, floated off, and sunk in deep water: crew saved.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,093, London, Tuesday April 16 1872.
Crail, 13th Apl., the MAORI (schr.), of and from Montrose, for Charlestown, in ballast, struck on the Carr rock, last night, and now lies in 13 fathoms water.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,093, London, Tuesday April 16 1872.
Crail, 25th May, the MAORI, Coull, from Montrose, which struck on the Carr rock 12th Apl., and sunk near Fifeness, is to be sold on the 29th May.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,129, London, Tuesday May 28 1872.
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3793).
(Classified as wooden schooner, in ballast: date of loss cited as 21 April 1872). Maori: this vessel hit [the] Carr Rock, and sank in 13 fathoms. Capt. Coull. 'To be sold 29th may'. All gone?
Registration: Montrose. Built 1864. 124grt. Length: 27m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 16.50 W2 35.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Carr (or North Carr) Rock is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but may be tentatively equated with the rock upon which stands North Carr Beacon (NO61SW 25), at NO 6471 1153. This is at the NNE end of the Carr Brigs [name: NO 645 113], off Fife Ness.
Montrose is presumably cited in the primary account as the port of report.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 July 2004.
Loss (21 April 1872)
Montrose, 15th Apl., the MAORI, Coull, hence to St. David's, stranded on the Carr rock, floated off, and sunk in deep water: crew saved.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,093, London, Tuesday April 16 1872.
Crail, 13th Apl., the MAORI (schr.), of and from Montrose, for Charlestown, in ballast, struck on the Carr rock, last night, and now lies in 13 fathoms water.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,093, London, Tuesday April 16 1872.
Crail, 25th May, the MAORI, Coull, from Montrose, which struck on the Carr rock 12th Apl., and sunk near Fifeness, is to be sold on the 29th May.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,129, London, Tuesday May 28 1872.
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3793).
(Classified as wooden schooner, in ballast: date of loss cited as 21 April 1872). Maori: this vessel hit [the] Carr Rock, and sank in 13 fathoms. Capt. Coull. 'To be sold 29th May'. All gone?
Registration: Montrose. Built 1864. 124grt. Length: 27m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 16.50 W2 35.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (23 July 2004)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Carr (or North Carr) Rock is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but may be tentatively equated with the rock upon which stands North Carr Beacon (NO61SW 25), at NO 6471 1153. This is at the NNE end of the Carr Brigs [name: NO 645 113], off Fife Ness.
Montrose is presumably cited in the primary account as the port of report.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 July 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10199
Name : MAORI
Latitude : 561630
Longitude : 23400
Date Built : 1864
Registration : MONTROSE
Type : SCHOONER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 124
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 27
Beam : 7
Loss Day : 21
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1872
Comment : Hit Carr Rock, and sank in 13 fthms. Capt. Coull. 'To be sold 29th May' AG?
Cargo : BALLAST
