Cromarty: North Pier, Aberdeen Harbour, North Sea
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Cromarty: North Pier, Aberdeen Harbour, North Sea
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Aberdeen, North Pier; Aberdeen Harbour Entrance
Canmore ID 283188
Site Number NJ90NE 8269
NGR NJ 963 060
NGR Description NJ c. 963 060
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeen City Of
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ90NE 8269 c. 963 060
N57 8.7 W2 3.7
NLO: Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05].
Aberdeen, 14th Mar. The CROMARTY (schooner), Ganson, in entering the harbour 11th Mar., struck the North pier, and was towed in by a tug boat: she had previously lost an anchor in the bay.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 12,782, London, Thursday March 15 1855.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9112).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Aberdeen Harbour (NJ90NE 7.00) is centred at NJ 95 05, and the North Pier (NJ90NE 7.02) extends from NJ 9590 0570 to NJ 9639 0609. The present entrance may be considered to extend from NJ c. 959 056 to NJ 964 059, but this location reflects development towards the East through the construction of successive piers and breakwaters.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably on account of her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 October 2006.