Stag: Gullane Point, Firth Of Forth
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Stag: Gullane Point, Firth Of Forth
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Gullan Point'; Aberlady Bay; Outer Forth Estuary; Stag
Canmore ID 196627
Site Number NT48SE 8012
NGR NT 461 830
NGR Description NT c. 461 830
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council East Lothian
- Parish Maritime - East Lothian
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT48SE 8012 c. 461 830
N56 2.2 W2 51.9
NLO: Gullane Point [name: NT 460 830]
Aberlady Bay [name centred NT 457 808]
Gullane Sands [name centred NT 455 815].
A sloop with 'STAG of Banff' on the stern, was wrecked near Gullan [Gullane] Point, East Lothian, 8th inst., and all on board drowned. She was bound from Portsoy to Leith.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6203, London, Friday March 16 1827.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6552).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 8 March 1827). Stag: this vessel was wrecked at Gullane Point. Capt. Geddes.
Registration: Banff. Built 1815. 48 tons burthern. Length: 14m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 2.25 W2 52.25).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 April 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14005
Name : STAG
Latitude : 560215
Longitude : 25215
Date Built : 1815
Registration : BANFF
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 48
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 14
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 8
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1827
Comment : Wrecked at Gullane Point. Capt. Geddes