Port: Leith, Firth Of Forth
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Port: Leith, Firth Of Forth
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Port Of Leith; Edinburgh; Outer Forth Estuary
Canmore ID 273732
Site Number NT27NE 8134
NGR NT 26 77
NGR Description NT c. 26 77
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Edinburgh, City Of
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT27NE 8134 c. 26 77
N55 59 W3 12
Possibly on map sheet NT27NW.
NLO: Port of Leith [name: NT 265 775].
See also NT27NE 8135-7.
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 3 March 1817). Port: this vessel was wrecked at Leith. Capt. Wilson.
Built 1811. 82 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N55 58.75 W3 10.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3750
Name : PORT
Latitude : 555845
Longitude : 31000
Date Built : 1811
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 82
Tonnage Code : B
Loss Day : 3
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1817
Comment : Wrecked at Leith. Capt. Wilson
