Tinker: Beamer Rock, Firth Of Forth
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Tinker: Beamer Rock, Firth Of Forth
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Beemer Rock; Rosyth; Queensferry Narrows; Outer Forth Estuary
Canmore ID 273244
Site Number NT18SW 8029
NGR NT 119 800
NGR Description NT c. 119 800
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT18SW 8029 c. 119 800
N56 3 W3 24.8
NLO: Beamer Rock [name: NT 119 800]
Possibly on map sheet NT17NW.
Leith, 5th Sept. 'The TINKER, Ross, from Aberdeen to Charleston [Charlestown], got upon the Beemer [Beamer] Rock, near Queensferry, 2d instant, and remains.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7193, London, Friday September 9 1836.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7180).
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), possibly suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 July 2005.