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Marquis Of Wellington: Carr Brigs, Fife Ness, Firth Of Forth

Brig (19th Century)

Site Name Marquis Of Wellington: Carr Brigs, Fife Ness, Firth Of Forth

Classification Brig (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 'Near The Corr Rock '; '6 Miles Sexs Of St Andrews'; Carr Rock; Carr Briggs; Firth Of Forth; Firth Of Tay; Marquis Of Wellington

Canmore ID 283196

Site Number NO61SW 8058

NGR NO 645 113

NGR Description NO c. 645 113

Datum Datum not recorded

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Fife
  • Parish Maritime - Fife
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NO61SW 8058 c. 645 113

N56 17.6 W2 34.5

NLO: Carr Brigs [NO 645 112]

Fife Ness [name: NO 638 098]

North Carr Beacon [NO 645 117]

St Andrews [name: NO 515 166].

Location formerly entered as NO c. 64 11 [N56 17 W2 34].

St. Andrew's, Fife, 17th Apl. A vessel, apparently a brig, is sunk near the Corr Rock [Carr Briggs], bearing SE by S. 6 miles from hence: she is supposed to be the MARQUIS OF WELLINGTON, of Dundee, wrecked a day or two ago, crew saved.

Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 12,811, London, Friday April 20 1855.

NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9122).

(Classified as brig: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 15 April 1855). Marquis of Wellington: this vessel foundered 6 miles ExS of St Andrews.

Registration: Dundee. Built 1813. 84 grt. Length: 18m. Beam: 5m.

(Location of loss cited as N56 20.00 W2 36.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 October 2006.

Activities

Loss (15 April 1855)

St. Andrew's, Fife, 17th Apl. A vessel, apparently a brig, is sunk near the Corr Rock [Carr Briggs], bearing SE by S. 6 miles from hence: she is supposed to be the MARQUIS OF WELLINGTON, of Dundee, wrecked a day or two ago, crew saved.

Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 12,811, London, Friday April 20 1855.

NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9122).

(Classified as brig: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 15 April 1855). Marquis of Wellington: this vessel foundered 6 miles ExS of St Andrews.

Registration: Dundee. Built 1813. 84 grt. Length: 18m. Beam: 5m.

(Location of loss cited as N56 20.00 W2 36.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Note (3 October 2006)

The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 October 2006.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 7513

Name : MARQUIS OF WELLINGTON

Latitude : 562000

Longitude : 23600

Date Built : 1813

Registration : DUNDEE

Type : BRIG

Tonnage : 84

Tonnage Code : G

Length : 18

Beam : 5

Loss Day : 15

Loss Month : 4

Loss Year : 1855

Comment : Foundered 6 miles SExS of St Andrews.

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