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Maria: Aberdeen Harbour Entrance, North Sea

Craft (18th Century)

Site Name Maria: Aberdeen Harbour Entrance, North Sea

Classification Craft (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 'At The Head Of The South Pier, Aberdeen [harbour]'; Maria

Canmore ID 312373

Site Number NJ90NE 8358

NGR NJ 961 057

NGR Description NJ c. 961 057

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

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Loss (5 May 1786)

(No classification specified: cargo cited as salt, and date of loss as 5 May 1786). Maria: [this vessel] stranded at the head of [the] South Pier, Aberdeen. Capt. Clark. All gone?

(Location of loss cited as N57 8.60 W2 3.50).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Named Location (Nlo) (17 August 2011)

NLO: Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05].

Note (17 August 2011)

(Location of loss cited as NJ c. 961 057 [N57 8.5 W2 4]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The location of the 'South Pier' remains unclear but it presumably stood within Aberdeen harbour entrance. Both the Old South Breakwater (NJ90NE 7.04) and the South Breakwater (NJ90NE 7.05) apparently postdate the loss of this vessel.

Aberdeen Harbour (NJ90NE 7.00) is centred at NJ 95 05. The present entrance may be considered to lie at NJ c. 963 060, but this location reflects development towards the East through the construction of successive piers and breakwaters.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 August 2011.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 16719

Name : MARIA

Latitude : 570836

Longitude : 20330

Loss Day : 5

Loss Month : 5

Loss Year : 1786

Comment : Stranded at the head of South Pier, Aberdeen. Capt. Clark AG?

Cargo : SALT

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