Lossie: Bell Rock, North Sea
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Lossie: Bell Rock, North Sea
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Haller; River Lossie; Inchcape Rock; St Andrews Bay; Lossie (Ex. Haller)
Canmore ID 192967
Site Number NO72NE 8003
NGR NO 761 268
NGR Description NO c. 761 268
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Angus
- Parish Maritime - Angus
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO72NE 8003 c. 762 270
N56 26.1 W2 23.2
NLO: Bell Rock [NO 762 270]
St Andrews [name: NO 515 166]
St Andrews Bay [name centred NO 52 18].
(Classified as steel steamship, in ballast; former name cited as Haller, and date of loss as 6 September 1917). Lossie: this vessel stranded on Bell Rock.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1896. 379grt. Length: 45m. Beam: 7m.
(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 (6 September 1917)
(Name cited as River Lossie).
G Ridley 1992.
(Classified as steel steamship, in ballast; former name cited as Haller, and date of loss as 6 September 1917). Lossie: this vessel stranded on [the] Bell Rock.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1896. 379grt. Length: 45m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 26.00 W2 23.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2861
Name : LOSSIE (EX. HALLER)
Latitude : 562600
Longitude : 22300
Date Built : 1896
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 379
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 45
Beam : 7
Draught : 4m
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1917
Comment : Stranded on Bell Rock
Cargo : BALLAST
Note (3 February 2012)
(Location re-entered as NO c. 761 268 [N56 26.1 W2 23.2]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The form of the name of this vessel that is cited by Whittaker is preferred over that cited by Ridley.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 February 2012.
