Downie Hills: Fife Ness, North Sea
Steam Trawler (20th Century), Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Downie Hills: Fife Ness, North Sea
Classification Steam Trawler (20th Century), Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Pd 277; Downiehills; '0.25 Miles Ne Of Fifeness'; Outer Forth Estuary; Outer Tay Estuary; Firth Of Forth; Firth Of Tay; Downie Hills
Canmore ID 96722
Site Number NO60NW 8007
NGR NO 64023 09806
NGR Description NO c. 640 099
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
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- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO60NW 8007 c. 640 099
N56 16.8 W2 35.0
NLO: Fife Ness (name: NO 638 098).
Formerly entered as NO60NW 8191 at cited location NO 6402 0980 [N56 16.7667 W2 34.8667], and also at cited location NO c. 640 098 [N56 16.8 W2 34.9].
Possibly on map sheet NO61SW.
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 4
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The vessel ran aground during the night having failed to see the North Carr Light vessel in thick fog.
Surveying Details
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The vessel is ashore and [a] total loss 0.25 miles NE of Fifeness.
Source: Lloyds.
The vessel is stranded some 300 yards offshore.
Source: R N Baird, Register of Scottish Wrecks.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as steel steam trawler: registration cited as PD 277, and date of loss as 18 January 1926). Downiehills: this vessel [was] wrecked 0.25 miles NE of Fifeness [Fifeness].
Registration: Peterhead. Built 1916. 227grt. Length: 36m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 16.77 W2 34.87).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. This vessel may have stranded within the area of map sheet NO61SW.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 September 2010.
Loss (18 January 1926)
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 4
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The vessel ran aground during the night having failed to see the North Carr Light vessel in thick fog.
Surveying Details
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The vessel is ashore and [a] total loss 0.25 miles NE of Fifeness.
Source: Lloyds.
The vessel is stranded some 300 yards offshore.
Source: R N Baird, Register of Scottish Wrecks.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as steel steam trawler: registration cited as PD 277, and date of loss as 18 January 1926). Downiehills: this vessel [was] wrecked 0.25 miles NE of Fifeness [Fifeness].
Registration: Peterhead. Built 1916. 227grt. Length: 36m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 16.77 W2 34.87).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (6 September 2010)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. This vessel may have stranded within the area of map sheet NO61SW.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 September 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 53
Name : DOWNIEHILLS (PD 277)
Latitude : 561646
Longitude : 23452
Date Built : 1916
Registration : PETERHEAD
Type : STEAM TRAWLER(STEEL)
Tonnage : 227
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 36
Beam : 7
Draught : 4m
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1926
Comment : Wrecked 0.25 miles NE of Fifeness.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002979
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.27944,-2.58111
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.27935,-2.58263
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 4
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : DOWNIE HILLS
Type : S TRAWLER
Flag : BRITISH
Tonnage : 227
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 18/01/1926
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1926
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1917 BY HAWTHORNS & CO LTD, LEIGTH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PETERHEAD TRAWLING CO LTD. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 82NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE ABERDEEN FOR METHIL FOR BUNKERS. RAN AGROUND DURING THE NIGHT HAVING FAILED TO SEE THE NORTH CARR LTV IN THICK FOG. (R N BAIRD & SIBI).
Surveying Details : **ASHORE AND TOTAL LOSS 0.25 MILES NE OF FIFENESS. (LLOYDS). STRANDED 300 YARDS OFFSHORE. (R N BAIRD, REG. OF SCOTTISH WRECKS).
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 20/10/2003
