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