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Petrel: Montrose Harbour Approach, North Sea
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Petrel: Montrose Harbour Approach, North Sea
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Scurdie Ness; River South Esk
Canmore ID 275518
Site Number NO75NW 8129
NGR NO 725 569
NGR Description NO c. 725 569
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/275518
- Council Angus
- Parish Maritime - Angus
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO75NW 8129 c. 725 569
N56 42.2 W2 27
NLO: Montrose [name: NO 720 572]
Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567].
Location formerly entered as NO c. 72 56 [N56 42 W2 27].
Montrose, 15th March. 'The PETREL, Strachan, hence to London, in going out this morning, took the ground and remains.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9366, London, Monday March 18 1844.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7852).
(Location of loss re-entered as c. 725 569 [N56 42.2 W2 27.0]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Montrose Harbour or the Port of Montrose (NO75NW 44.00) occupies an ill-defined area around NO 7123 5121. It does not have a clearly-defined entrance, but is approached (from the E) between the extensive estuarine sandbanks of the River South Esk, which extend as far E as Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567]. The vessel evidently stranded within the area of these sandbanks.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 September 2005.
Evidence Of Loss (15 March 1844)
Montrose, 15th March. 'The PETREL, Strachan, hence to London, in going out this morning, took the ground and remains.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9366, London, Monday March 18 1844.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7852).
Named Location (Nlo) (29 September 2005)
NLO: Montrose [name: NO 720 572]
Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567].
Location formerly entered as NO c. 72 56 [N56 42 W2 27].
Note (29 September 2005)
(Location of loss re-entered as c. 725 569 [N56 42.2 W2 27.0]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Montrose Harbour or the Port of Montrose (NO75NW 44.00) occupies an ill-defined area around NO 7123 5121. It does not have a clearly-defined entrance, but is approached (from the E) between the extensive estuarine sandbanks of the River South Esk, which extend as far E as Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567]. The vessel evidently stranded within the area of these sandbanks.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 September 2005.
