Nymphe [possibly]: Torness Point, Firth Of Forth
Fifth Rate Warship (19th Century)
Site Name Nymphe [possibly]: Torness Point, Firth Of Forth
Classification Fifth Rate Warship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hms Nymph; La Nymphe; Outer Forth Estuary; Skateraw Harbour; Devil's Ark Rock; Skethard; Tor Ness
Canmore ID 195163
Site Number NT77NE 8008
NGR NT 751 751
NGR Description NT c. 751 751
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/195163
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Maritime - East Lothian
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT77NE 8008 c. 751 751
N55 58.1 W2 23.9
NLO: Torness Point [name: NT 753 753]
Skateraw Harbour [name: NT 737 756].
For alternative location at Chapel Point (NT c. 738 757), see NT77NE 8006.
See also NT67NE 8009 (Lovely Ann) and NT77NW 8009 (Pallas).
(Classified as 5th rate 36-gun [frigate]: former name cited as La Nymphe, and date of loss as 18 December 1810). HMS Nymphe: this vessel stranded 4.5 miles from Dunbar, at Devil's Ark near Skethard on Tor Ness [Torness].
Registration: London. 937 tons burthen. Length: 42m. Beam: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 57.5 W2 23.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Neither Devil's Ark nor Skethard is noted as such on the 1995 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 February 2005.
