Contact: Inch Garvie, Firth Of Forth
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Contact: Inch Garvie, Firth Of Forth
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Inchgarvie Island; Queensferry Narrows; Middle Forth Estuary; Contact
Canmore ID 273935
Site Number NT17NW 8029
NGR NT 137 795
NGR Description NT c. 137 795
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/273935
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Edinburgh, City Of
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT17NW 8029 c. 137 795
N56 0 W3 23.0
NLO: Inch Garvie [name: NT 137 795]
Forth Bridge [name: NT 135 795].
(Classified as steamship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 25 May 1923). Contact: this small cable-layer struck Inchgarvie and sank. Registration: Rosyth.
(Location of loss cited as N56 0.1 W3 24.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location of this incident may lie within the quasi-administrative areas designated as Maritime - West Lothian or Maritime - Fife.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 August 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12864
Name : CONTACT
Latitude : 560006
Longitude : 32400
Registration : ROSYTH
Type : SS
Loss Day : 25
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1923
Comment : A small cable-layer struck Inchgarvie and sank.
