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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

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

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.

Activities

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

-------------------------

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

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