Musgrave: Inchcolm, Firth Of Forth
Steamship (19th Century)
Site Name Musgrave: Inchcolm, Firth Of Forth
Classification Steamship (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Outer Forth Estuary
Canmore ID 267889
Site Number NT18SE 8035
NGR NT 190 826
NGR Description NT c. 190 826
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT18SE 8035 c. 190 826
N56 1.8 W3 18.0
NLO: Inchcolm [name: NT 190 826].
Formerly entered in error as NT28SW 8031 at cited location NT c. 200 826 [N56 1.8 W3 17].
Grangemouth, March 18, MUSGRAVE (s), the steam lighter GOLIATH has arrived here with a cargo of about 60 tons pig iron ex. the steamer MUSGRAVE, ashore on Inchcolm. The iron is being landed on the quay here and the lighter is to return tonight's tide for another cargo.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 20,562, London, Monday March 22 [1880].
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4962).
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998); she was possibly successfully recovered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 November 2004.