Temora: Carr Brigs, Fife Ness, North Sea
Steamship (19th Century)
Site Name Temora: Carr Brigs, Fife Ness, North Sea
Classification Steamship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Between [north] Carr Beacon And Fifeness'; Carr Rocks; Carr Briggs; Carr Briggs; Outer Forth Estuary; Outer Tay Estuary; Firth Of Forth; Firth Of Tay
Canmore ID 197522
Site Number NO61SW 8026
NGR NO 645 113
NGR Description NO c. 645 113
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/197522
- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO61SW 8026 c. 645 113
N56 17.6 W2 34.4
NLO: Carr Brigs [name: NO 645 113]
Fife Ness [name: NO 638 098]
North Carr Beacon [name: NO 647 115].
22 February 1865, TEMORA, SS, of Leith, 448 tons, Official No. 22,940, departed London, 19 February for Dundee, carrying jute, lost on the Carr Rocks, off the coast of Fife. Abandoned as a total wreck. Inquiry at Leith. Part III: Precis of Special Inquiries into Casualties, ordered by the Board of Trade during the Year 1865.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1865 (1866 [3716] LXV.507).
Crail, 23rd Feb. The TEMORA (s), from London to Dundee, is ashore at Fifeness [Fife Ness]: fore hold and fore main hold full of water.
Source: LL, No. 15,873, London, Thursday, February 23 1865
Dundee, 23rd Feb. Some steamers have gone to the assistance of the TEMORA (s.s.), from London to this port, which went on shore yesterday afternoon at Fifeness [Fife Ness], to the Westward of the Carr rock.
Source: LL, No. 15,874, London, Friday, February 24 1865
St. Andrew's, 23rd Feb. The TEMORA (s.s.), of Leith, Brown, from London to Dundee, which struck on the rocks between Carr beacon and Fifeness [Fife Ness] yesterday, is landing her cargo (jute), the greater part of which is expected to be saved. It is very doubtful, however, whether the vessel will be got off, as she is lying in a very dangerous position.
Source: LL, No. 15,875, London, Saturday, February 25 1865
St. Andrew's, 11th Mar. The TEMORA (s.s.), Brown, from London to Dundee, which went ashore 22nd Feb., between Carr beacon and Fifeness [Fife Ness], is reported to be a total wreck: a great portion of her cargo (jute) has not yet been recovered.
Source: LL, No. 15,889, London, Tuesday, March 14 1865.
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2249).
(Classified as iron steamship, with cargo of jute: date of loss cited as 22 February 1865). Temora: this vessel was wrecked on Carr Rock, Fife. Capt. Brown.
Registration: Leith. Built 1855. 659grt. Length: 66m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 17.75 W2 34.00).
I G Whitttaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
This vessel evidently stranded.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 March 2004.
Loss (22 February 1865)
22 February 1865, TEMORA, SS, of Leith, 448 tons, Official No. 22,940, departed London, 19 February for Dundee, carrying jute, lost on the Carr Rocks, off the coast of Fife. Abandoned as a total wreck. Inquiry at Leith. Part III: Precis of Special Inquiries into Casualties, ordered by the Board of Trade during the Year 1865.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1865 (1866 [3716] LXV.507).
Crail, 23rd Feb. The TEMORA (s), from London to Dundee, is ashore at Fifeness [Fife Ness]: fore hold and fore main hold full of water.
Source: LL, No. 15,873, London, Thursday, February 23 1865
Dundee, 23rd Feb. Some steamers have gone to the assistance of the TEMORA (s.s.), from London to this port, which went on shore yesterday afternoon at Fifeness [Fife Ness], to the Westward of the Carr rock.
Source: LL, No. 15,874, London, Friday, February 24 1865
St. Andrew's, 23rd Feb. The TEMORA (s.s.), of Leith, Brown, from London to Dundee, which struck on the rocks between Carr beacon and Fifeness [Fife Ness] yesterday, is landing her cargo (jute), the greater part of which is expected to be saved. It is very doubtful, however, whether the vessel will be got off, as she is lying in a very dangerous position.
Source: LL, No. 15,875, London, Saturday, February 25 1865
St. Andrew's, 11th Mar. The TEMORA (s.s.), Brown, from London to Dundee, which went ashore 22nd Feb., between Carr beacon and Fifeness [Fife Ness], is reported to be a total wreck: a great portion of her cargo (jute) has not yet been recovered.
Source: LL, No. 15,889, London, Tuesday, March 14 1865.
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2249).
(Classified as iron steamship, with cargo of jute: date of loss cited as 22 February 1865). Temora: this vessel was wrecked on Carr Rock, Fife. Capt. Brown.
Registration: Leith. Built 1855. 659grt. Length: 66m. Beam: 8m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 17.75 W2 34.00).
I G Whitttaker 1998.
Note (17 March 2004)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
This vessel evidently stranded.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 March 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11645
Name : TEMORA
Latitude : 561745
Longitude : 23400
Date Built : 1855
Registration : LEITH
Type : SS (IRON)
Tonnage : 659
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 66
Beam : 8
Draught : 5m
Loss Day : 22
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1865
Comment : Wrecked on Carr Rock, Fife. Capt. Brown
Cargo : JUTE