Unknown: Cramond Island, Firth Of Forth
Sloop (18th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Cramond Island, Firth Of Forth
Classification Sloop (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'West Side Of Cramond Island'; Outer Forth Estuary
Canmore ID 274026
Site Number NT17NE 8026
NGR NT 195 785
NGR Description NT c. 195 785
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/274026
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Edinburgh, City Of
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT17NE 8026 c. 195 785
N55 59.6 W3 17.4
NLO: Cramond Island [name: NT 197 785]
Cramond [name: NT 190 770]
Drum Sands [name centred NT 18 78].
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 5 October 1792). Unknown: this vessel anchored off Cramond Island, [caught] fire, beached West side, and burnt.
(Location of loss cited as N55 59.67 W3 17.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
A location at NT c. 195 785 may be assigned to this record.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 August 2005.