Adonis: Rumbling Craig, Fraserburgh, North Sea
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Adonis: Rumbling Craig, Fraserburgh, North Sea
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Between Kinnaird Head And Broadsea, Near Rumblen Goit'; Adonis
Canmore ID 206203
Site Number NJ96NE 8011
NGR NJ 995 675
NGR Description NJ c. 995 675
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ96NE 8011 c. 995 675
N57 41.8 W2 0.6
NLO: Kinnaird Head [name: NJ 998 676]
Fraserburgh [name: NJ 999 665]
Broadsea [name: NJ 997 673]
Rumbling Craig [name: NJ 995 675].
Formerly entered as Unlocated.
Not to be confused with NK14NW 8133.
The ADONIS, Atkins, of Liverpool, from the Baltic, was totally lost near Fraserburgh 24th ult. Crew drowned. Part of cargo saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 5425, London, Tuesday November 2 1819.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6047).
(Classified as brig, with cargo of tallow, hemp and iron: date of loss cited as 24 October 1819). Adonis: this vessel was wrecked between Kinnaird Head and Broadsea, near Rumblen Goit. Capt. Atkins.
Registration: Liverpool.
(Location of loss cited as N57 42.00 W2 0.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary. It may fall within the 100-km grid square NK.
The location 'near Rumblen Goit' remains unverified. Rumblen Goit cannot be identified from the available map evidence.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 January 2002.
Per contra the above, Rumblen Goit may be equated with Rumbling Craig [name: NJ 995 675], an exposed area of rock on the coast to the NE of Broadsea and on the N side of Fraseburgh, facing the North Sea.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 April 2011.
Loss (24 October 1819)
The ADONIS, Atkins, of Liverpool, from the Baltic, was totally lost near Fraserburgh 24th ult. Crew drowned. Part of cargo saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 5425, London, Tuesday November 2 1819.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6047).
(Classified as brig, with cargo of tallow, hemp and iron: date of loss cited as 24 October 1819). Adonis: this vessel was wrecked between Kinnaird Head and Broadsea, near Rumblen Goit. Capt. Atkins.
Registration: Liverpool.
(Location of loss cited as N57 42.00 W2 0.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (22 January 2002)
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary. It may fall within the 100-km grid square NK.
The location 'near Rumblen Goit' remains unverified. Rumblen Goit cannot be identified from the available map evidence.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 January 2002.
Note (14 April 2011)
Per contra the above, Rumblen Goit may be equated with Rumbling Craig [name: NJ 995 675], an exposed area of rock on the coast to the NE of Broadsea and on the N side of Fraseburgh, facing the North Sea.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 April 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 8260
Name : ADONIS
Latitude : 574200
Longitude : 20030
Registration : LIVERPOOL
Type : BRIG
Loss Day : 24
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1819
Comment : Wrecked between Kinnaird Head and Broadsea, near Rumblen Goit. Capt. Atkins
Cargo : TALLOW,HEMP,IRON