Janet: Burnmouth, North Sea
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Janet: Burnmouth, North Sea
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bk 921; Janet (Bk 921)
Canmore ID 198800
Site Number NT96SE 8013
NGR NT 980 605
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/198800
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Maritime - Scottish Borders, The
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT96SE 8013 unlocated
NLO: Burnmouth [name: NT 955 610].
14 October 1881, JANET, 2 yrs old, not registered, wooden lugger, 20 tons, 6 crew, Master and Owner J. Maltman, Eyemouth, departed Eyemouth for fishing, in ballast, 6 lives lost, wind NNE10, foundered, total loss, off Burnmouth, Berwickshire.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK [Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3153).
(Classified as wooden lugger: no cargo specified but registration number cited as BK 921 and date of loss as 14 October 1881). This vessel was overwhelmed off Burnmouth. Capt. Mattman.
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this wreck is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 October 2001.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6877
Name : JANET (BK 921)
Latitude : 555030
Longitude : 20200
Date Built : 1879
Registration : BERWICK
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 20
Tonnage Code : f
Loss Day : 14
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1881
Comment : Overwhelmed off Burnmouth. Capt. Mattman