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G Koch: Girdle Ness, Aberdeen, North Sea
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name G Koch: Girdle Ness, Aberdeen, North Sea
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Excelsoir; Excelsior; Girdleness; G Koch (Ex. Excelsoir)
Canmore ID 312523
Site Number NJ90NE 8388
NGR NJ 973 053
NGR Description NJ c. 973 053
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/312523
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeen City Of
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
Loss (12 January 1913)
(Classified as steel steamship, in ballast: former name cited as Excelsoir [Excelsior], and date of loss as 12 January 1913). G Koch: [this vessel] stranded at [the] foot of Girdleness [Girdle Ness]. (1830grt?) (pit props and wood pulp?).
Registration: Danish. Built 1888. 1609grt. Length: 79m. Beam: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 8.30 W2 2.67).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (25 April 2011)
NLO: Girdle Ness [name: NJ 973 053]
Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05].
Note (25 August 2011)
(Location of loss entered as NJ c. 973 053 [N57 8.3 W2 2.8]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 August 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2753
Name : G KOCH (EX. EXCELSOIR)
Latitude : 570818
Longitude : 20240
Date Built : 1888
Registration : DANISH
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 1609
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 79
Beam : 11
Draught : 5m
Loss Day : 12
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1913
Comment : Stranded at foot of Girdleness (1830 G?) (PIT PROPS AND WOOD PULP ?)
Cargo : BALLAST
