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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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Administrative Areas

  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Maritime - Scottish Borders, The
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

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.

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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

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