Defender: Peterhead, South Harbour Entrance, North Sea
Lugger (20th Century)
Site Name Defender: Peterhead, South Harbour Entrance, North Sea
Classification Lugger (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bf 54; Peterhead Harbour, South Entrance; Peterhead Bay; Defender (Bf 54)
Canmore ID 207440
Site Number NK14NW 8088
NGR NK 136 458
NGR Description NK c. 136 458
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NK14NW 8088 c. 136 458
N57 30.1 W1 46.4
NLO: Peterhead [name: NK 135 465]
Peterhead Bay [name centred NJ 131 454].
Possibly on map sheet NK14SW.
Location formerly cited as NK c. 13 45 [N57 30 W1 47].
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: registration number cited as BF 54, and date of loss as 22 November 1907). Defender: this vessel stranded near the entrance to the South Harbour at Peterhead. Capt. McDonald.
Registration: Portsoy. Built 1901. 39grt. Length: 23m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 30.0 W1 46.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The current edition of the OS (GIS) AIB notes South Harbour at [name centred] NK 1370 4594.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 January 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6053
Name : DEFENDER (BF 54)
Latitude : 573000
Longitude : 14600
Date Built : 1901
Registration : PORTSOY
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 39
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 23
Beam : 6
Loss Day : 22
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1907
Comment : Stranded near entr to S Hbr Peterhead. Capt. McDonald
Cargo : BALLAST