Dorothea: Robin Rigg Bank, Solway Firth
Schooner (20th Century)
Site Name Dorothea: Robin Rigg Bank, Solway Firth
Classification Schooner (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Middle Channel; Dorothea
Canmore ID 124891
Site Number NX94SW 8004
NGR NX 92 40
NGR Description NX c. 92 40
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Maritime - Dumfries And Galloway
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NX94SW 8004 c. 92 40
N54 45 W3 40
Location formerly entered as NX 9274 4087 (N54 45 W3 40), and also entered as Unlocated.
Possibly in English waters.
Possibly on map sheet NX93NW.
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of slates: date of loss cited as 9 February 1900). Dorothea: this vessel was lost on Robin Rigg Bank. Capt. Roberts.
74 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N54 45.0 W3 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Neither Robin Rigg Bank nor the Middle Channel can be accurately located from the available map evidence. The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, and the loss of this vessel may have occurred within English waters.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 December 2001.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. UKHO chart no. 1346 (1976, amended 1989) notes Robin Rigg [Bank] around N54 45 W3 40, about 6nm SE of Balcary Point [name: NX 829 493], to the S of Middle Channel, and apparently extending into English waters.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 October 2009.
Loss (9 February 1900)
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of slates: date of loss cited as 9 February 1900). Dorothea: this vessel was lost on Robin Rigg Bank. Capt. Roberts.
74 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N54 45.0 W3 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (27 December 2001)
Neither Robin Rigg Bank nor the Middle Channel can be accurately located from the available map evidence. The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, and the loss of this vessel may have occurred within English waters.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 December 2001.
Note (15 October 2009)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. UKHO chart no. 1346 (1976, amended 1989) notes Robin Rigg [Bank] around N54 45 W3 40, about 6nm SE of Balcary Point [name: NX 829 493], to the S of Middle Channel, and apparently extending into English waters.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 October 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9167
Name : DOROTHEA
Latitude : 544500
Longitude : 34000
Type : SCHOONER
Tonnage : 74
Loss Day : 9
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1900
Comment : Lost on Robin Rigg Bank. Capt. Roberts
Cargo : SLATES