Jasper: Isle Of May, North Sea
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Jasper: Isle Of May, North Sea
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Jaspar; '457 Metres Se Of The East Isle Of May Light'; May Island; Outer Forth Estuary; Firth Of Forth; Jasper
Canmore ID 96668
Site Number NT69NE 8003
NGR NT 65815 99466
NGR Description NT c. 658 994
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/96668
- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT69NE 8003 c. 658 994
N56 11.2 W2 33.1
NLO: Isle of May [name: NT 65 99].
Formerly entered as NT69NE 8137 at cited location NT 6581 9946 [N56 11.2 W2 33.05].
17 April 1894, JASPER, 11 years, of Dundee. Lloyds 100A1. Survey 3/94. Steel steamship. 811 ton. 18 men. Master J. Douglas. Owner P.M. Duncan, Dundee. Dundee to Burntisland. Ballast and 2 passengers. Wind NE4. About 500 yards SE by E of May Island lighthouse.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1893-94 (1895 [C.7858] LXXXVII.327),
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1231).
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The JASPAR ran ashore on rocks on the east side of the Isle of May, while on passage from Dundee to Burntisland. It became a total loss.
Source: Lloyds.
Surveying Details
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2 February 1993. The vessel went aground 457 metres SE of the east Isle of May light.
Source: R N Baird, Register of Scottish Wrecks.
Note: source = Shipwrecks of the Forth, R N Baird.
19 January 1994. The wreck was not found.
Source: Oceonics (UK) Ltd.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as steel steamship, in ballast: date of loss cited as 17 April 1894). Jasper: this vessel stranded 500yds SExE of May Island Light. Capt. Douglas.
Registration: Dundee. Built 1883. 1256grt. Length: 71m. Beam: 10m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 11.20 W2 33.05).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location ('457 metres SE of the east Isle of May light') that is suggested by UKHO (following Baird) remains unverified, but is tentatively accepted. The 'East Isle of May light' is presumably to be equated with the Low Lighthouse (NT69NE 6), which is situated above the E coast of the island, at NT 65489 99599.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 October 2010.
Loss (17 April 1894)
17 April 1894, JASPER, 11 years, of Dundee. Lloyds 100A1. Survey 3/94. Steel steamship. 811 ton. 18 men. Master J. Douglas. Owner P.M. Duncan, Dundee. Dundee to Burntisland. Ballast and 2 passengers. Wind NE4. About 500 yards SE by E of May Island lighthouse.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1893-94 (1895 [C.7858] LXXXVII.327),
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1231).
(Classified as steel steamship, in ballast: date of loss cited as 17 April 1894). Jasper: this vessel stranded 500yds SExE of May Island Light. Capt. Douglas.
Registration: Dundee. Built 1883. 1256grt. Length: 71m. Beam: 10m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 11.20 W2 33.05).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Evidence Of Loss (1995)
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The JASPAR ran ashore on rocks on the east side of the Isle of May, while on passage from Dundee to Burntisland. It became a total loss.
Source: Lloyds.
Surveying Details
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2 February 1993. The vessel went aground 457 metres SE of the east Isle of May light.
Source: R N Baird, Register of Scottish Wrecks.
Note: source = Shipwrecks of the Forth, R N Baird.
19 January 1994. The wreck was not found.
Source: Oceonics (UK) Ltd.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Note (7 October 2010)
The location ('457 metres SE of the east Isle of May light') that is suggested by UKHO (following Baird) remains unverified, but is tentatively accepted. The 'East Isle of May light' is presumably to be equated with the Low Lighthouse (NT69NE 6), which is situated above the E coast of the island, at NT 65489 99599.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 October 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 586
Name : JASPER
Latitude : 561112
Longitude : 23303
Date Built : 1883
Registration : DUNDEE
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 1256
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 71
Beam : 10
Draught : 7m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 17
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1894
Comment : Stranded 500 yds SExE of May Island Lt. Capt. Douglas
Cargo : BALLAST
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002954
Feature Class : Wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.18667,-2.55083
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.18659,-2.55235
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 10
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : JASPER
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 71.6
Beam : 9.8
Draught : 6.7
Tonnage : 1256
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : IN BALLAST
Date Sunk : 17/04/1894
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1894
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1883 BY W B THOMPSON, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY P M DUNCAN, DUNDEE. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE DUNDEE FOR BURNTISLAND. RAN ASHORE ON ROCKS ON EAST SIDE OF MAY ISLAND. BECAN A TOTAL LOSS. (SIBI).
Surveying Details : **2.2.93 WENT AGROUND 500YDS SE OF E MAY ISLAND LT. (R N BAIRD, REG. OF SCOTTISH WRECKS).
**HH090/605/01 19.1.94 NOT FOUND. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 605). NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 20/10/2003