Ansgar: Ardross, Firth Of Forth
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Ansgar: Ardross, Firth Of Forth
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Ardross Castle'; Elie; St Monance; St Monans; Outer Forth Estuary; Ansgar
Canmore ID 120256
Site Number NO50SW 8003
NGR NO 508 006
NGR Description NO c. 508 006
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO50SW 8003 c. 508 006
N56 11.7 W2 47
NLO: Elie [name: NT 493 997]
St Monans [name: NO 525 016].
Location formerly entered as NO 5139 0057 [N56 11.7 W2 47].
About 10.30 pm on Sunday evening, Elie coastguards observed that a steamer had run ashore near Ardross Castle in a strong westerly wind. The rocket LSA was despatched to the scene, but when the first rocket was fired, the rope jammed amongst rocks, rendering it useless. Anstruther lifeboat set out, first being rowed clear of the rocks, then by sail, and reached the stranded steamer about 3.00 am. Considerable difficulty was experienced in getting alongside in the heavy seas, but within 5 minutes of closing the steamer, all 18 crew and a dog were taken aboard the lifeboat. The return journey did not take much time, and by 4.00 am the shipwrecked crew were landed at Anstruther.
Later in the morning the lifeboat made a second journey to the steamer and brought back a shipload of clothes and other belongings of the crew.
SS ANSGAR of Copenhagen, 1365 tons gross, was bound light from London to Methil. Captain Henningsen had been in command of the vessel for only 14 days, as her previous captain had been taken unwell.
The steamer's stern was completely submerged, and it was thought that the steamer was likely to become a total wreck, although if calm weather prevailed, it might be possible to save some of the fittings, although there was little possibility of the vessel being refloated.
Source: East Fife Record, 17 October 1910.
(Classified as iron steamship, in ballast: date of loss cited as 13 February 1910). Ansgar: this vessel stranded near Ardross Castle, near St Monans.
Registration: danish. Built 1879. 1347grt. Length: 72m. Beam: 10m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 11.83 W2 47.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Ansgar Castle (NO50SW 15) stands on the coast between Elie and St Monans, at NO 50842 00687.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 October 2010.
Loss (13 February 1910)
About 10.30 pm on Sunday evening, Elie coastguards observed that a steamer had run ashore near Ardross Castle in a strong westerly wind. The rocket LSA was despatched to the scene, but when the first rocket was fired, the rope jammed amongst rocks, rendering it useless. Anstruther lifeboat set out, first being rowed clear of the rocks, then by sail, and reached the stranded steamer about 3.00 am. Considerable difficulty was experienced in getting alongside in the heavy seas, but within 5 minutes of closing the steamer, all 18 crew and a dog were taken aboard the lifeboat. The return journey did not take much time, and by 4.00 am the shipwrecked crew were landed at Anstruther.
Later in the morning the lifeboat made a second journey to the steamer and brought back a shipload of clothes and other belongings of the crew.
SS ANSGAR of Copenhagen, 1365 tons gross, was bound light from London to Methil. Captain Henningsen had been in command of the vessel for only 14 days, as her previous captain had been taken unwell.
The steamer's stern was completely submerged, and it was thought that the steamer was likely to become a total wreck, although if calm weather prevailed, it might be possible to save some of the fittings, although there was little possibility of the vessel being refloated.
Source: East Fife Record, 17 October 1910.
(Classified as iron steamship, in ballast: date of loss cited as 13 February 1910). Ansgar: this vessel stranded near Ardross Castle, near St Monans.
Registration: danish. Built 1879. 1347grt. Length: 72m. Beam: 10m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 11.83 W2 47.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (1 October 2010)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Ansgar Castle (NO50SW 15) stands on the coast between Elie and St Monans, at NO 50842 00687.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 October 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2723
Name : ANSGAR
Latitude : 561150
Longitude : 24730
Date Built : 1879
Registration : DANISH
Type : SS (IRON)
Tonnage : 1347
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 72
Beam : 10
Draught : 5m
Loss Day : 13
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1910
Comment : Stranded near Ardross Castle, nr St Monans
Cargo : BALLAST