Salisbury: Montrose Harbour Approach, North Sea
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Salisbury: Montrose Harbour Approach, North Sea
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Montrose Harbour Entrance; River South Esk; Salisbury
Canmore ID 200317
Site Number NO75NW 8065
NGR NO 725 569
NGR Description NO c. 725 569
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Angus
- Parish Maritime - Angus
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO75NW 8065 c. 725 569
N56 42.2 W2 27
NLO: Montrose [name: NO 720 572].
Location formerly entered as NO c. 72 56 [N56 42 W2 27].
(Location of loss cited as 'Montrose, Harbour entrance' and 'in the river at Montrose').
R Larn and B Larn 1998.
(Classified as iron steamship, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 21 December 1901). Salisbury: [this vessel] stranded [at the] entrance to Montrose Harbour. Capt. Neish.
Registration: Penzance. Built 1876. 187grt. Length: 34m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 42.25 W2 26.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
(Location re-entered as NO c. 725 569 [N56 42.2 W2 27.0]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the location of loss ('[at the] entrance to Montrose Harbour') that is cited by Whittaker.
Montrose Harbour or the Port of Montrose (NO75NW 44.00) occupies an ill-defined area around NO 7123 5121. It does not have a clearly-defined entrance, but is approached (from the E) between the extensive estuarine sandbanks of the River South Esk, which extend as far East as Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567]. The vessel evidently stranded within the area of these sandbanks.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 November 2011.
Loss (21 December 1901)
(Location of loss cited as 'Montrose, Harbour entrance' and 'in the river at Montrose').
R Larn and B Larn 1998.
(Classified as iron steamship, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 21 December 1901). Salisbury: [this vessel] stranded [at the] entrance to Montrose Harbour. Capt. Neish.
Registration: penzance. Built 1876. 187grt. Length: 34m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 42.25 W2 26.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (29 October 2001)
NLO: Montrose [name: NO 720 572].
Location formerly entered as NO c. 72 56 [N56 42 W2 27].
Note (16 November 2011)
(Location re-entered as NO c. 725 569 [N56 42.2 W2 27.0]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the location of loss ('[at the] entrance to Montrose Harbour') that is cited by Whittaker.
Montrose Harbour or the Port of Montrose (NO75NW 44.00) occupies an ill-defined area around NO 7123 5121. It does not have a clearly-defined entrance, but is approached (from the E) between the extensive estuarine sandbanks of the River South Esk, which extend as far East as Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567]. The vessel evidently stranded within the area of these sandbanks.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 November 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2768
Name : SALISBURY
Latitude : 564215
Longitude : 22600
Date Built : 1876
Registration : PENZANCE
Type : SS (IRON)
Tonnage : 187
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 34
Beam : 6
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 21
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1901
Comment : Stranded entr to Montrose Hbr. Capt. Neish
Cargo : COAL