Latona: Aberdeen, North Sea
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Latona: Aberdeen, North Sea
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Aberdeen Harbour
Canmore ID 270674
Site Number NJ90NE 8227
NGR NJ 96 05
NGR Description NJ c. 96 05
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270674
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeen City Of
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ90NE 8227 c. 96 05
N57 8 W2 4
NLO: Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05]
Girdle Ness [name: NJ 973 053].
Possibly within Maritime - Aberdeenshire.
See also NJ90NE 8047, NJ90NE 8048, NJ90NE 8225 and NJ90NE 8226.
Formerly entered as Unlocated.
The HERCULES: OSCAR: ST. ANDREW: MIDDLETON: and LATONA, bound to Greenland, sailed from Aberdeen 1st instant, but a gale coming on to the east, the former was driven on shore at the back of the North Pier: and the OSCAR was totally lost on the rocks between the Girdle [Girdleness] and Shirtness. Forty-eight people drowned. The three others with much difficulty got back.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 4759, London, Tuesday April 6 1813.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5771).
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the location of stranding. The date cited is also evidently that of stranding.
The loss of this vessel may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area that is designated Maritime - Aberdeenshire.
It remains unclear whether this vessel was beached within the River Dee, harbour area or harbour entrance, on Aberdeen Beach, or elsewhere in the vicinity.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 February 2005.