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Jane: Eyebroughy, Firth Of Forth

Schooner (19th Century)

Site Name Jane: Eyebroughy, Firth Of Forth

Classification Schooner (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Eyebroughty Rock; Eyebroughy Rock; '3 Miles W Of Fidra Island'; Outer Forth Estuary; Jane

Canmore ID 251751

Site Number NT48NE 8006

NGR NT 494 863

NGR Description NT c. 494 863

Datum Datum not recorded

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Administrative Areas

  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Maritime - East Lothian
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NT48NE 8006 c. 494 863

N56 4 W2 48.8

NLO: Eyebroughy [name: NT 494 863]

Fidra [name: NT 512 869]

North Berwick [name: NT 55 85].

Possibly on map sheet NT58NW.

18 December 1892. JANE. 52 years of Lowestoft. Wood schooner. 94 ton. 5 men. Master W.B. Fox. Owner Mrs H. Fox, Great Yarmouth. Goole to Leith. Alum and 1 passenger. Wind WNW9. Eyebroughty Rock, 3 miles W of Fidra Island, Firth of Forth.

Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1892-93 (1894 [C.7324] LXXVI.505).

NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1293).

(Classified as wooden schooner, with cargo of alum: date of loss cited as 18 December 1892). This vessel stranded on Eyebroughy Rock, 3 miles W of Fidra.

I G Whittaker 1998.

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Loss (18 December 1852)

18 December 1892. JANE. 52 years of Lowestoft. Wood schooner. 94 ton. 5 men. Master W.B. Fox. Owner Mrs H. Fox, Great Yarmouth. Goole to Leith. Alum and 1 passenger. Wind WNW9. Eyebroughty Rock, 3 miles W of Fidra Island, Firth of Forth.

Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1892-93 (1894 [C.7324] LXXVI.505).

NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1293).

(Classified as wooden schooner, with cargo of alum: date of loss cited as 18 December 1892). Jane: [this vessel] stranded on Eyebroughy Rock [Eyebroughy], 3 miles W of Fidra. Capt. Fox.

Registration: Lowestoft. Built 1840. 94 tons [unspecified].

(Location of loss cited as N56 4.00 W2 48.50).

I G Whittaker 1998.

NT48NE 8006 c. 494 863

N56 4 W2 48.8

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 4428

Name : JANE

Latitude : 560400

Longitude : 24830

Date Built : 1840

Registration : LOWESTOFT

Type : SCHOONER (WOOD)

Tonnage : 94

Loss Day : 18

Loss Month : 12

Loss Year : 1892

Comment : Stranded Eyebroughy rock, 3 miles W of Fidra. Capt. Fox

Cargo : ALUM

Named Location (Nlo) (28 February 2012)

NLO: Eyebroughy [name: NT 494 863]

Fidra [name: NT 512 869].

Note (28 February 2012)

(Location entered as NT c. 494 863 [N56 4 W2 48.8]). The location assigned to this rock is essentially tentative.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 February 2012.

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