Penly: Inchcolm, Firth Of Forth
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Penly: Inchcolm, Firth Of Forth
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Penley; Inchcolm Island; 'on The Rocks Near Inchcolme'; 'off St Davids'; Middle Forth Estuary
Canmore ID 286973
Site Number NT18SE 8033
NGR NT 19 82
NGR Description NT c. 19 82
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT18SE 8033 c. 19 82
N56 1 W3 18
NLO: Inchcolm [name: NT 190 826]
St Davids Harbour [name: NT 143 826].
Burntisland, 31st Oct. The PENLY (sloop), of Dunkirk, Masson, from Gravelines to the Clyde, with apples, was wrecked on the rocks near Inchcolme [inchcolm] 22nd Oct.: crew and some spars and sails saved.
Source: Additional Intelligence, LL, No. 15,779, London, Saturday, November 5 [1864].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10711).
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of apples: date of loss cited as 23 October 1864). Penley [Penly]: this vessel was wrecked off St Davids, [Firth of] Forth. Capt. Masson.
Registration: Dunkirk.
(Location of loss cited as N56 1.33 W3 21.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The spelling of the vessel's name that is cited by Whittaker is at variance with that cited in the primary account. The latter is preferred.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 March 2007.
Loss (22 October 1864)
Burntisland, 31st Oct. The PENLY (sloop), of Dunkirk, Masson, from Gravelines to the Clyde, with apples, was wrecked on the rocks near Inchcolme [inchcolm] 22nd Oct.: crew and some spars and sails saved.
Source: Additional Intelligence, LL, No. 15,779, London, Saturday, November 5 [1864].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10711).
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of apples: date of loss cited as 23 October 1864). Penley: this vessel was wrecked off St Davids, [Firth of] Forth. Capt. Masson.
Registration: Dunkirk.
(Location of loss cited as N56 1.33 W3 21.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (5 March 2007)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The spelling of the vessel's name that is cited by Whittaker is at variance with that cited in the primary account. The latter is preferred.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 March 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11510
Name : PENLEY
Latitude : 560120
Longitude : 32130
Registration : DUNKIRK
Type : SLOOP
Loss Day : 23
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1864
Comment : Wrecked off St Davids, Forth. Capt. Masson
Cargo : APPLES
