Southwick: Leith Harbour, Firth Of Forth
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Southwick: Leith Harbour, Firth Of Forth
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'At The Back Of The Pier'; 'at Leith'; Port Of Leith; Leith Dock Entrance; Leith Docks; Edinburgh; Outer Forth Estuary; Southwick
Canmore ID 272843
Site Number NT27NE 8068
NGR NT 267 774
NGR Description NT c. 267 774
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/272843
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Edinburgh, City Of
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT27NE 8068 c. 267 774
N55 59 W3 10.5
NLO: Port of Leith [name: NT 265 775].
Leith, 2d Jan. 'The SOUTHWICK, Galloway, bound to Morrisons Haven, in putting back for this harbor 31st ult., went on shore at the back of the Pier, and is a total wreck. Crew saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7018, London, Tuesday January 6 1835.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7047).
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 31 December 1834). Southwick: this vessel was wrecked at Leith. Capt. Galloway.
Registration: Leith. Built 1798. 38 tons burthern. Length: 13m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 58.75 W3 10.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location of this loss remains uncertain. The location of the pier at Leith harbour cannot be established.
The classification cited by Whittaker remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 June 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12675
Name : SOUTHWICK
Latitude : 555845
Longitude : 31000
Date Built : 1798
Registration : LEITH
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 38
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 13
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 31
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1834
Comment : Wrecked at Leith. Capt. Galloway