Alternative Names Osbourne Stroud; Osborne Stroud; A 442; Scurdy Ness; Scurdie Ness; Milton Ness; Montrose Coastguard Lookout
Site type STEAM TRAWLER (20TH CENTURY)
Canmore ID 102774
Site Number NO75NE 8002
NGR NO 7518 5805
Latitude N 56 42.6
Longitude W 2 24.3
Council ANGUS
Parish MARITIME - ANGUS
Former Region TAYSIDE
Former District MARITIME
Former County MARITIME

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Archaeological Notes

NO75NE 8002 7518 5805
N56 42.6 W2 24.3

NLO: Montrose [name: NO 720 572]
Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567]
Milton Ness [name: NO 771 647]
Montrose Bay [name centred NO 743 613].

Quality of fix = HSA
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 21

Circumstances of Loss Details
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The BEATHWOOD was bombed and sunk by German aircraft.
Source: World War II Shipping Loses.

Surveying Details
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The vessel sank 1 mile E of Montrose Coastguard lookout.

14 June 1954. The wreck of the BEATHWOOD lies about 1/3 mile NE of the wreck of the CLINT.
Report by A Mearns, harbour pilot.

14 July 1955. The wreck was examined at 56 42 36N, 002 24 18W. Horizontal Sextant Angle - square church tower 48-48 Montrose steeple 85-13 St Cyrus church spire; Scurdie Ness 25-05 Montrose steeple.
Decca - red 13.955, green 43.805 [obs]. The least depth by echosounder is 16.7 metres in a general depth of 21.3 metres. A scour pit 1.2 metres deep was observed. The oropesa sweep cleared at the wreck at 13.7 metres. The wreck gives only a moderate sonar return. The best direction is from the east. Contact was lost at close range, but he site was eventually found by echosoudner.
Report by HMS SHACKLETON, 31 May 1955.

8 December 1989. The site was dived upon - radar ranges from a) Scurdie Ness 1.13 miles; b) Milton Ness 3.91 miles. The Divers identified the stern section of a steel trawler [stern to boiler]. The vessel's approximate length is 15 metres (49 feet), with a beam of 6 metres (19.6 feet). The highest part is the aft gallows, which have the least depth of 16 metres in a general depth of 18metres. There is a scour pit to the depth 20 metres.
Report by G Wadsworth, 22 November 1989.

Hydrographic Ofice 1995.

(Location of loss cited as 'Montrose, CG Lookout, 1M E' [at] 56.42.36N 2.24.18W [N56 42.60 W2 24.30]).
R Larn and B Larn 1998.

(Classified as Steam Trawler: registration cited as A 442, former name as Osborne Stroud, and date of loss as 11 September 1940). Beathwood: [this vessel was] bombed and sunk one mile East of Montrose C[oast] G[uard] lookout.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1912. 209grt. Length: 35m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 42.60 W2 24.30).
I G Whittaker 1998.

Displacement: 209grt 79nrt
Engines: 66hp
Armament: 1x6pdr
Admiralty No: 3
Port registration: A
Osborne Stroud [Beathwood]: in requisitioned service1914-20 and 1939-40. This vessel was launched [as Osborne Stroud] in 1912, being built at Aberdeen by Hall and owned by Stroud SFC of Aberdeen. She was purchased into the RN in July 1914 and converted for service as a minesweeper. In 1920 she was sold for mercantile service under the same name, being [subsequently] acquired by Isaac B Wood of Aerdeen AO and renamed Beathwood at the same port of registry. In December 1939 she was requisitioned as Beathwood and designated as an APV (Armed Patrol Vessel]. Also in 1940, she was returned to her owners.
G Toghill 2004.

(Location entered as NO 7518 5805 [N56 42.6 W2 24.3]). On the basis of the evidence from diver survey (22 November 1989 - cited by UKHO) the equation of this wreck with the recorded loss of the Beathwood remains unverified, but is accepted.
UKHO chart no. 210 (1976, revised 1995) charts this wreck [Wk] 1.15nm ENE of Scurdie Ness and at a charted depth of 16.3m in a general depth of about 18 or 19m. The seabed slopes gradually towards the E; no seabed type is indicated nearby. The charted location lies a short distance to the N of the approach line into the River South Esk and Montrose Harbour, and falls within the southern part of Montrose Bay, which name applies to the ill-defined and shallow indentation that extends towards the N from Scurdie Ness and the mouth of the River South Esk.
The location of the 'Coastguard lookout' at Montrose remains unclear. Although improbable, the term may refer to Montroseness (Scurdie Ness) Lighthouse (NO75NW 48) at NO 73322 56758.
The ownership and use of this vessel at the date of loss remain unclear, the question being discussed at length by Larn and Larn.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 March 2007.

Notes and Activities

11 September 1940

LOSS

Notes (Location of loss cited as 'Montrose, CG Lookout, 1M E' [at] 56.42.36N 2.24.18W [N56 42.60 W2 24.30]).
R Larn and B Larn 1998.

(Classified as Steam Trawler: registration cited as A 442, former name as Osborne Stroud, and date of loss as 11 September 1940). Beathwood: [this vessel was] bombed and sunk one mile East of Montrose C[oast] G[uard] lookout.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1912. 209grt. Length: 35m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 42.60 W2 24.30).
I G Whittaker 1998.



Further details

1995	EVIDENCE OF LOSS

Notes Quality of fix = HSA
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 21

Circumstances of Loss Details
-----------------------------
The BEATHWOOD was bombed and sunk by German aircraft.
Source: World War II Shipping Loses.

Surveying Details
-----------------------------
The vessel sank 1 mile E of Montrose Coastguard lookout.

14 June 1954. The wreck of the BEATHWOOD lies about 1/3 mile NE of the wreck of the CLINT.
Report by A Mearns, harbour pilot.

14 July 1955. The wreck was examined at 56 42 36N, 002 24 18W. Horizontal Sextant Angle - square church tower 48-48 Montrose steeple 85-13 St Cyrus church spire; Scurdie Ness 25-05 Montrose steeple.
Decca - red 13.955, green 43.805 [obs]. The least depth by echosounder is 16.7 metres in a general depth of 21.3 metres. A scour pit 1.2 metres deep was observed. The oropesa sweep cleared at the wreck at 13.7 metres. The wreck gives only a moderate sonar return. The best direction is from the east. Contact was lost at close range, but he site was eventually found by echosoudner.
Report by HMS SHACKLETON, 31 May 1955.

8 December 1989. The site was dived upon - radar ranges from a) Scurdie Ness 1.13 miles; b) Milton Ness 3.91 miles. The Divers identified the stern section of a steel trawler [stern to boiler]. The vessel's approximate length is 15 metres (49 feet), with a beam of 6 metres (19.6 feet). The highest part is the aft gallows, which have the least depth of 16 metres in a general depth of 18metres. There is a scour pit to the depth 20 metres.
Report by G Wadsworth, 22 November 1989.

Hydrographic Ofice 1995.



Further details

2004	EXTERNAL REFERENCE

Notes Displacement: 209grt 79nrt
Engines: 66hp
Armament: 1x6pdr
Admiralty No: 3
Port registration: A
Osborne Stroud [Beathwood]: in requisitioned service1914-20 and 1939-40. This vessel was launched [as Osborne Stroud] in 1912, being built at Aberdeen by Hall and owned by Stroud SFC of Aberdeen. She was purchased into the RN in July 1914 and converted for service as a minesweeper. In 1920 she was sold for mercantile service under the same name, being [subsequently] acquired by Isaac B Wood of Aerdeen AO and renamed Beathwood at the same port of registry. In December 1939 she was requisitioned as Beathwood and designated as an APV (Armed Patrol Vessel]. Also in 1940, she was returned to her owners.
G Toghill 2004.



Further details

17 March 2007

NAMED LOCATION (NLO)

Notes NLO: Montrose [name: NO 720 572]
Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567]
Milton Ness [name: NO 771 647]
Montrose Bay [name centred NO 743 613].



Further details

17 March 2007

RCAHMS NOTE

Notes (Location entered as NO 7518 5805 [N56 42.6 W2 24.3]). On the basis of the evidence from diver survey (22 November 1989 - cited by UKHO) the equation of this wreck with the recorded loss of the Beathwood remains unverified, but is accepted.
UKHO chart no. 210 (1976, revised 1995) charts this wreck [Wk] 1.15nm ENE of Scurdie Ness and at a charted depth of 16.3m in a general depth of about 18 or 19m. The seabed slopes gradually towards the E; no seabed type is indicated nearby. The charted location lies a short distance to the N of the approach line into the River South Esk and Montrose Harbour, and falls within the southern part of Montrose Bay, which name applies to the ill-defined and shallow indentation that extends towards the N from Scurdie Ness and the mouth of the River South Esk.
The location of the 'Coastguard lookout' at Montrose remains unclear. Although improbable, the term may refer to Montroseness (Scurdie Ness) Lighthouse (NO75NW 48) at NO 73322 56758.
The ownership and use of this vessel at the date of loss remain unclear, the question being discussed at length by Larn and Larn.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 March 2007.



Further details

Books and References

Baird, B (1993) Shipwrecks of the Forth: including wrecks from Berwick on Tweed to Stonehaven, Glasgow
Page(s): 186, no. 293 Held at RCAHMS E.5.14.BAI

Larn and Larn, R and B (1998) Shipwreck index of the British Isles: volume 4, Scotland, London
Page(s): DA 11/09/1940 Held at RCAHMS E.5.14.LAR

Toghill, G (2004) Royal Navy trawlers, part two: requisitioned trawlers, Liskeard
Page(s): 342-3 Held at RCAHMS E.5.14.TOG

Whittaker, I G (1998) Off Scotland: a comprehensive record of maritime and aviation losses in Scottish waters, Edinburgh
Page(s): 180 Held at RCAHMS E.5.14.WHI

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