Quixotic: Bell Rock, North Sea
Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Quixotic: Bell Rock, North Sea
Classification Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) A189; Inchcape Rock; Quixotic (A 189)
Canmore ID 121119
Site Number NO72NE 8001
NGR NO 7615 2680
NGR Description NO c. 7615 2680
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Angus
- Parish Maritime - Angus
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
N072NE 8001 c. 7615 2680
N56 25.97 W2 23.21
NLO: Bell Rock [NO 762 270].
Location formerly cited as NO 7636 2684 (N56 26 W2 23) and as NO c. 762 270 [N56 26.1 W2 23.2].
(Classified as steel trawler: registration number cited as A 189, and date of loss as 5 December 1939). Quixotic: this vessel stranded 50ft [15.3m] NW of the Bell Rock Light[house].
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1898. 197grt. Length: 35m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 26.0 W2 23.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The Bell Rock lighthouse (NO72NE 1) is at NO 76165 26808.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 August 2007.
Loss (5 December 1939)
(Classified as steel trawler: registration number cited as A 189, and date of loss as 5 December 1939). Quixotic: this vessel stranded 50ft [15.3m] NW of the Bell Rock Light[house].
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1898. 197grt. Length: 35m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 26.00 W2 23.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3020
Name : QUIXOTIC (A 189)
Latitude : 562600
Longitude : 22300
Date Built : 1898
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : TRAWLER (STEEL)
Tonnage : 197
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 35
Beam : 6
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 5
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1939
Comment : Stranded 50 ft NW of Bell Rk Lt
Named Location (Nlo) (1 February 2012)
NLO: Bell Rock [name: NO 761 268].
Location formerly entered as NO 7636 2684 (N56 26 W2 23) and as NO c. 762 270 [N56 26.1 W2 23.2].
Note (1 February 2012)
(Location entered as NO c. 7615 2680 [N56 25.97 W2 23.21]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The Bell Rock lighthouse (NO72NE 1) is at NO 76165 26808.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 February 2012.
