Jessie: Torry Pier, Aberdeen Harbour, North Sea
Lugger (20th Century)
Site Name Jessie: Torry Pier, Aberdeen Harbour, North Sea
Classification Lugger (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Balnagask Jetty; Aberdeen Harbour Entrance; Jessie
Canmore ID 312518
Site Number NJ90NE 8383
NGR NJ 955 054
NGR Description NJ c. 955 054
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
Loss (6 January 1907)
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: date of loss cited as 6 January 1907). Jessie: [this vessel was] driven from [her] mooring and stranded at Torry Pier. Capt. Baxter.
Not registered. Built 1884. 28 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N57 8.40 W2 4.40).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (25 August 2011)
NLO: Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05]
Torry [name: NJ 950 048]
Balnagask [name: NJ 959 046].
Note (25 August 2011)
(Location entered as NJ c. 955 054 [N57 8.4 W2 4.6]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Torry Pier is not noted as such on the current edition of the OS (GIS) MasterMap but Torry Quay (NJ90NE 7.14) is centred at NJ 9548 0545, on the S side of the main body of Aberdeen Harbour. The name may conceivably apply to Balnagask Jetty (NJ90NE 7.01) which extends from NJ 9600 0559 to NJ 9601 0564, within the inner (SW) part of Aberdeen harbour entrance.
Aberdeen Harbour (NJ90NE 7.00) is centred at NJ 95 05. The present entrance may be considered to lie at NJ c. 961 057, but this location reflects development towards the East through the construction of successive piers and breakwaters.
The remains of the vessel were presumably removed without delay from this constrained location.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 August 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14792
Name : JESSIE
Latitude : 570824
Longitude : 20424
Date Built : 1884
Registration : Not Registered
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 28
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1907
Comment : Driven from mooring and stranded at Torry Pier, Aberdeen. Capt. Baxter
Cargo : BALLAST