Annie: Cockenzie Harbour, Firth Of Forth
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Annie: Cockenzie Harbour, Firth Of Forth
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Outer Forth Estuary
Canmore ID 273596
Site Number NT37NE 8008
NGR NT 397 756
NGR Description NT c. 397 756
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council East Lothian
- Parish Maritime - East Lothian
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT37NE 8008 c. 397 756
N55 58.2 W2 58
NLO: Cockenzie [name: NT 400 758].
See also NT27NE 8157 and NT58NE 8043.
Leith, 10th Dec. The following casualties occurred in the Frith [Firth of Forth], and along the East Coast, during the gale of Monday night and Tuesday morning. Two vessels broke from their moorings in the Old Harbour yesterday and received damage. The ANNIE, Barber, broke from her moorings in Cockenzie harbor, drove on the beach, and has received considerable damage. Two cinder laden vessels, are said to have been wrecked at the back of Berwick Pier.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 10,527, London, Monday December 13 1847.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8263).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Cockenzie Harbour (NT37NE 3.00) is at NT 3977 7563.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 August 2005.