Supreme: Eyemouth Harbour Entrance, North Sea
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Supreme: Eyemouth Harbour Entrance, North Sea
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bk 216; Luff Hard Rock; Firth Of Forth; Outer Forth Estuary; Supreme (Bk 216)
Canmore ID 250818
Site Number NT96SW 8026
NGR NT 946 646
NGR Description NT c. 946 646
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Maritime - Scottish Borders, The
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT96SW 8026 c. 946 646
N55 52.5 W2 5.2
NLO: Eyemouth [name: NT 945 644].
4 December 1896, SUPREME, 25 years, not reg. wood lugger. 26 ton, 7 men. Master J. Swanston. Owner W. Swanston, Eyemouth. Eyemouth to fishing. Ballast. Calm. Luff Hard Rock, entrance to Eyemouth Harbour.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1896-97 (1898 [C.8917] LXXXVIII.401).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 910).
(Registration number cited as BK 216 and classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: date of loss cited as 4 December 1896). This vessel stranded at Luff Hard, Eyemouth.
I G Whittaker 1998.
Luff Hard or Luff Hard Rock is not noted as such on the 1995 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 October 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6277
Name : SUPREME (BK 216)
Latitude : 555230
Longitude : 20400
Date Built : 1871
Registration : BERWICK
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 28
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 15
Loss Day : 4
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1896
Comment : Stranded Luff Hard, Eyemouth. Capt. Swanston
Cargo : BALLAST