Chieftain: Outer Tay Estuary, North Sea
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Chieftain: Outer Tay Estuary, North Sea
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Tay Bridge; Tay Rail Bridge; Dundee; Firth Of Tay
Canmore ID 264268
Site Number NO32NE 8007
NGR NO 39 28
NGR Description NO c. 39 28
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Dundee, City Of
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO32NE 8007 c. 39 28
N56 26 W2 59
NLO: Dundee [name centred NO 40 30].
Dundee, 4th Dec., the CHIEFTAIN (fishing smack), in proceeding to the fishing ground yesterday, sprung a leak when a short distance from the Tay bridge, and sank in the river: crew saved.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,605, London, Saturday December 6 [1873].
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4017).
The location of this loss may fall within the quasi-administrative areas defined as Maritime - Angus or Maritime - Fife.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 September 2004.
