Hope: Firth Of Forth
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Hope: Firth Of Forth
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Off North Berwick'; Outer Forth Estuary; Hope
Canmore ID 272423
Site Number NT58NW 8046
NGR NT 53 89
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/272423
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Maritime - East Lothian
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT58NW 8046 unlocated
NLO: North Berwick [name: NT 55 85].
Not to be confused with NT58NW 8030.
North Berwick, 8th Oct. 'The HOPE, of Leith, sunk off this harbor this morning. Crew saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6473, London, Friday October 16 1829.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6663).
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of dung: date of loss cited as 8 October 1829). Hope: this vessel foundered off North Berwick. Capt. Stark. [Prize: 1808].
Registration: Leith. 57 nrt. Length: 15m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 6.0 W2 45.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this wreck is essentially arbitrary.
The classification and cargo cited by Whittaker remain unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 May 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 13022
Name : HOPE
Latitude : 560600
Longitude : 24500
Registration : LEITH
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 57
Tonnage Code : N
Length : 15
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 8
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1829
Comment : Foundered off North Berwick. Capt. Stark [Prize:1808]
Cargo : DUNG
