Voyager (Possibly): Leith Roads, Firth Of Forth
Snow (19th Century)
Site Name Voyager (Possibly): Leith Roads, Firth Of Forth
Classification Snow (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Edinburgh; Leith Docks; Outer Forth Estuary; Voyager
Canmore ID 273949
Site Number NT27NE 8148
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 8148 c. 26 77
N55 59 W3 11
NLO: Port of Leith [name: NT 265 775].
(Classified as snow: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 7 February 1856). Voyager: this vessel was lost (?) at Leith Roads. Still in 1860 register: is this the correct ship?
Registration: Sunderland. Built 1832. 230nrt.
(Location of loss cited as N56 0.0 W3 10.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
A location at NT c. 26 77 is suggested for this loss, although it remains unclear where (in anywhere) the vessel was washed ashore. The former area of Leith Roads is incorporated within the Outer Harbour at Leith Docks (NT27NE 57.00, centred NT 2677 7737).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 August 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9501
Name : VOYAGER
Latitude : 560000
Longitude : 31000
Date Built : 1832
Registration : SUNDERLAND
Type : SNOW
Tonnage : 230
Tonnage Code : N
Loss Day : 7
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1854
Comment : Lost (?) at Leith Roads. Still in 1860 register, is this correct ship?
