Watchful: Kinnaird Head, North Sea
Drifter (20th Century)
Site Name Watchful: Kinnaird Head, North Sea
Classification Drifter (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Fr 776; 'below Kinnaird Head Lighthouse'; Fraserburgh; Watchful (Fr 776)
Canmore ID 310783
Site Number NJ96NE 8066
NGR NJ 998 675
NGR Description NJ c. 998 675
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ96NE 8066 c. 998 675
N57 41.9 W2 0.2
NLO: Kinnaird Head [name: NJ 998 676]
Fraserburgh [name: NJ 999 665].
Possibly on map sheet NK06NW.
(Classified as drifter: registered cited as FR 776, and date of loss cited as 12 August 1938). Watchful: this vessel stranded below Kinnaird Head lighthouse, [caught] fire and [was] destroyed. Capt. Cardno.
Registration: Fraserburgh. Built 1899. 41grt. Length: 20m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 41.92 W2 0.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Kinnaird Head (old) lighthouse (NJ96NE 7.00) is at NJ 99864 67528.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 April 2011.
Loss (12 August 1938)
(Classified as drifter: registered cited as FR 776, and date of loss cited as 12 August 1938). Watchful: this vessel stranded below Kinnaird Head lighthouse, [caught] fire and [was] destroyed. Capt. Cardno.
Registration: Fraserburgh. Built 1899. 41grt. Length: 20m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 41.92 W2 0.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (19 April 2011)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Kinnaird Head (old) lighthouse (NJ96NE 7.00) is at NJ 99864 67528.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 April 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1175
Name : WATCHFUL (FR 776)
Latitude : 574155
Longitude : 20000
Date Built : 1899
Registration : FRASERBURGH
Type : DRIFTER
Tonnage : 41
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 20
Beam : 6
Loss Day : 12
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1938
Comment : Stranded below Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, fire and destroyed. Capt. Cardno