Young England: Gullane Point, Firth Of Forth
Schooner (20th Century)
Site Name Young England: Gullane Point, Firth Of Forth
Classification Schooner (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Gallan Point; Gullane Sands; Aberlady Bay; Outer Forth Estuary
Canmore ID 247392
Site Number NT48SE 8018
NGR NT 460 830
NGR Description NT c. 460 830
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council East Lothian
- Parish Maritime - East Lothian
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT48SE 8018 c. 460 830
N56 2.2 W2 52
NLO: Gullane Point [name: NT 460 830]
Aberlady Bay [name centred NT 457 808]
Gullane Sands [name centred NT 455 815].
Damaged, 20 May 1850. YOUNG ENGLAND, bound Adelaide (South Australia) Firth of Forth, Gallan [Gullane] Point. Stranded for 24 hours, 7? ft of water in hold. Discharged, considerably damaged. Lloyds List 24 May 1850.
Source: PP British Sessional Papers. Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of UK 1850 and 1851 (1852 (XLIX.503)).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 150).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The loss of this vessel is not noted by I G Whittaker (1998). She was possibly refloated.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 July 2003.