Fife: Fast Castle Head, North Sea
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Fife: Fast Castle Head, North Sea
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Fife Packet; Fastcastle; 'under Fast Castl'
Canmore ID 196652
Site Number NT87SE 8006
NGR NT 86 71
NGR Description NT c. 86 71
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Maritime - Scottish Borders, The
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT87SE 8006 c. 86 71
N55 56 W2 13
Formerly entered as NT87SW 8003.
NLO: Fast Castle Head [name: NT 860 712].
The FIFE packet, Mitchell, struck on a rock under Fast Castle, near Dunbar, 26th inst., bilged and sunk. Crew with difficulty saved. The rigging and cargo expected to be saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6521, London, Friday April 2 1830.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6690).
(Classified as smack: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 26 March 1830). Fife Packet: this vessel struck rocks at Fastcastle [Fast Castle], and sank. Capt. Mitchell.
Registration: Dundee. Built 1807. 95 tons burthern. Length: 18m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 56.0 W2 14.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The classification cited by Whittaker remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 May 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 13464
Name : FIFE PACKET
Latitude : 555600
Longitude : 21400
Date Built : 1807
Registration : DUNDEE
Type : SMACK
Tonnage : 95
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 18
Beam : 6
Loss Day : 26
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1830
Comment : Struck rocks at Fastcastle and sank. Capt. Mitchell