Aurora: North Carr Rock, Fife Ness, North Sea
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Aurora: North Carr Rock, Fife Ness, North Sea
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'On Carr Rock'; 'off The Carr Rock'; Carr Briggs; Outer Forth Estuary; Outer Tay Estuary; Firth Of Forth; Firth Of Tay; Aurora
Canmore ID 196432
Site Number NO61SW 8018
NGR NO 647 115
NGR Description NO c. 647 115
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO61SW 8018 c. 647 115
N56 17.7 W2 34.3
NLO: Carr Brigs [name: NO 645 113]
Fife Ness [name: NO 638 098]
North Carr Beacon [name: NO 647 115].
Not to be confused with NO52NW 8079.
Location formerly entered as NO c. 647 110 [N56 17.4 W2 34.2] and NO c. 645 113 [N56 17.6 W2 34.5].
The AURORA, Leslie, from London to Grangemouth, is lost off the Carr Rock [Carr Briggs]. Crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 4213, London, Tuesday December 22 1807.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5601).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as December 1807). Aurora: this vessel was lost on Carr Rock [Carr Brigs]. (North or South Carr?) Capt. Leslie.
(Location of loss cited as N56 17.75 W2 30.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Carr (or North Carr) Rock is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but may be tentatively equated with Carr Brigs (name: NO 645 113). North Carr Beacon (NO61SW 25) is at NO 6471 1153.
The date cited in the primary account is accepted as the date of stranding.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 September 2001.
Loss (22 December 1807)
The AURORA, Leslie, from London to Grangemouth, is lost off the Carr Rock [Carr Briggs]. Crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 4213, London, Tuesday December 22 1807.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5601).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as December 1807). Aurora: this vessel was lost on Carr Rock [Carr Brigs]. (North or South Carr?) Capt. Leslie.
(Location of loss cited as N56 17.75 W2 30.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (21 September 2001)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Carr (or North Carr) Rock is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but may be tentatively equated with Carr Brigs (name: NO 645 113). North Carr Beacon (NO61SW 25) is at NO 6471 1153.
The date cited in the primary account is accepted as the date of stranding.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 September 2001.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 8131
Name : AURORA
Latitude : 561745
Longitude : 23000
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1807
Comment : Lost on Carr Rk. (North or South Carr?) Capt. Leslie