Michael's List of Scottish Lighthouses: Section S. Celebrating the sea — Marine Science Festival. Reaper - herring drifter fishing boat. Home › Clubs & Community › REAPER › The Story of Reaper Reaper is a Fifie Sailing Herring Drifter, the most popular design of fishing boat on the East Coast of Scotland for the greater part of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Built by J & G Forbes at their yard at Sandhaven near Fraserburgh in 1902 for the Buchan family who lived in St. Combs, she began life as a two masted sailing lugger. With a length of 70' she was rigged with a dipping lug foresail and a standing lug mizzen. First registered in Fraserburgh in 1902 (FR 958) and used for drift net and great line fishing she was sold to new owners in Shetland in 1908. In the late 1930's she held the record catch of herring in Shetland, some 223 crans - almost a quarter of a million fish.
Originally built as a sailing lugger, she had an engine installed for the first time in 1916. Reaper continued fishing until the outbreak of the Second World War when she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and saw service in the South of England. Go to:- G a l g a e l :: Home. National Maritime Museum. Sailing Navies: 1650-1850. RN Signals - Royal Naval Shore Signal Stations, Dover, Southend, Needles, Dunnet Head, Dungeness, Flamoborough Head etc. Sea Area - DUNGENESS, Kent, SE England, c1934-35 Lighthouse What an awful place. Just miles of shingle. We had to use wooden things under our shoes, and slide over the shingle. There was a small village school. Occasionally they held village dances, which Mum and Dad always used to go to, (don't know about my sisters Edna and Thelma) and we kids would use the intervals to slide across the floor on the French chalk. Mishap No 3. Sea Area - ST ABBS HEAD, southeast Scotland, c1935-37 After Dungeness this was heaven, beautiful cliffs, a loch, valleys and the picturesque fishing village, 2½ miles away.
Mishap No.3+ - out playing with the others in the hills, Micky my collie got his foreleg caught in a 'gin‑trap'. (Note: Shoeburyness and adjacent Thorpe Bay are part of Southend-on-Sea with its long pier) Signal Station at the end of Southend Pier (no enlargement)After the freedom of St. An exciting time for we children, not really realising how serious it was all becoming. Sea Area - Humber 1. SOME HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYORS OF THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY. 2012 Journal Citation Reports now releasedThe 2012 JCR for Survey Review shows a rise of 5% on its Impact Factor, now at 0.290. For full details, including Scopus figures, view the journal bibliometrics. Mineral Resources MORE mini bundle – discounts for institutionsGet the best value for money for your library by subscribing to all six journals in this subject area.
Applied Earth ScienceCanadian Metallurgical QuarterlyIronmaking & SteelmakingMineral Processing and Extractive MetallurgyMining TechnologySurvey Review. Manor House Oban. Mother’s Day Lunch Menu March 27th, 2014 Our Mother’s Day Luncheon menu has been specially created to appeal to all the mums who deserve a special treat. So why not give her (and the family) an extra special day out at the Manor House in Oban this Mother’s Day on Sunday 30th March.
View our Mother’s Day Luncheon Menu. Oban Regeneration Plans Approved March 5th, 2014 There’s exciting changes ahead for Oban with the recent announcement of a regeneration scheme to transform Oban into a centre for marine tourism and marine science. The Lorn Arc Project has planned up to £144m of improvements for Oban and surrounding areas including Dunstaffnage, Dunbeg, North Connel and Barcaldine. Key improvements will include the development of Oban North Pier, upgrading existing road links, renewable energy projects and creating a new business park at Oban airport with a view to enhancing the area’s already excellent reputation as a great place to live, work and visit. February 4th, 2014 April 19th, 2013. History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Richard Williamson. Craig Kuglen’s great great grandfather, Richard Williamson, was an engineer on one of the Royal Navy ships involved in laying the transatlantic cable in 1858, serving as Assistant Engineer on HMS Valorous in the cable fleet.
By 1861 he was Chief Engineer of the Valorous, and later had the rank of Commodore. After the successful laying of the cable, Tiffany and Company in New York sold sections of the remaining cable as souvenirs. By order of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, Tiffany also made commemorative medals in gold, which were engraved with the names of the participants in the cable expedition on the Niagara, Agamemnon, Gorgon and Valorous, and presented to them.
Two sizes and weights of medal were made, both in the purest gold; nine of 2¾" diameter weighing five ounces were presented to the expedition’s principals, and fifty-seven medals of about 2¼" diameter, weighing three ounces, were given to the other crew and staff of the cable ships. "Mr. Cyrus W. William G. Saml. Dr. William Loney RN - Background. The Royal Navy Naval Surgeon West African Squadron and slave trade 1841 Niger expedition Zanzibar slave trade Varia PersonnelThe Commissioners ("Lords") of the Admiralty, 1828-1895The principal Commanders-in-chief, 1830-1899Officers in command: career details of some 1500 Mid-Victorian Royal Navy officers (in command of any vessel in the period 1840-1860 and/or in command of unarmoured wooden screw vessels). (officers A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; search) Queens regulations and Admiralty Instructions - 1861.Legislation concerning the discipline of the Royal Navy (Naval Discipline Act, Articles of War, Naval Mutiny Act)Naval Administration - Admiral Sir Vesey Hamilton's 1896 description of the structure and function of the Admiralty.VesselsVessels, 1840-1880: brief details of all the significant vessels (about 1700 in number) of the Mid-Victorian Royal Navy.
Corporate. A brief history of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Origins In 1795, King George III appointed Alexander Dalrymple FRS as the first Hydrographer to the Admiralty. Dalrymple set to work reviewing the 'difficulties and dangers to His Majesty's fleet in the navigation of ships'. The first Admiralty Chart (of Quiberon Bay in Brittany) appeared in 1800. Auspicious appointees The second Hydrographer, Captain Thomas Hurd RN, served from 1808-1823. The third Hydrographer, Rear Admiral Sir W Edward Parry, KT, LLD, FRS, was better known for his skills as an explorer than as a hydrographer of the Navy. The fourth Hydrographer, Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort KCB, FRS, was appointed in 1829.
Technological change Developments such as the echo sounder in the 1930s and sonar in the 1960s brought huge advances in the charting of the sea bed. Since 1958, we have accepted the responsibilities of an authorised place of deposit under the Public Records Act, which allows us to maintain our own archive. Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Mastiff. Late 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Naval and Naval Social History - Index. Pre-Napoleonic Wars A Look at Health in the RN Late 18th and 19th CenturyNaval History during the Napoleonic Wars and afterwards (1793-1827) ^ back to top ^ Admiralty Circulars and Memoranda etc. and extracted from the Navy Lists &c. published during the 1820s-1830s. Admiralty Circulars and Memoranda etc. and extracted from the Navy Lists &c. during the 1840s. Executive Officers Masters, Second Masters, and Masters' Assistants &c. Navigation Officers Paymasters and Clerks &c. 1845-1854 - Paymaster Frederic Lucas RN Journal of Paymaster Lucas, whilst on Anti-Slavery Patrols on the Coast of Africa, on board HMS Mutine 1845 to 1846.
Engineering Branch - 19th Century - Engineering and the Engineering Branch. Surgeons Admiralty Circulars and Memoranda etc. and extracted from the Navy Lists &c. published during the 1850s. Admiralty Circulars and Memoranda etc. published during the 1860s. Paradise Lost - A Westbound Adventure. Take a good look at the chart of the Sound of Harris. It evokes one of two very different responses. Fight or flight. To get the best out of the northern half of the Outer Hebrides I would suggest that you need to fight it. Whether you choose the Cope Passage or Stanton Channel the key is perfect preparation of your pilotage. The GPS on Westbound Adventurer has served me well for several years giving accuracy to within the length of the yacht. If you choose to avoid a passage of this sound there is still much quality cruising on the east coast of Harris and Lewis. There are several places on the west of Harris and Lewis which could be described as Paradise Lost.
The courage required to pilot the Sound of Harris, even in settled conditions. For those who can overcome the above problems the rewards are great. To visit the Callanish Standing Stones by sea is to recreate a passage made by our ancestors several millennia ago. Paul McNeill. A traditional Hebridean lugger built by Harris boatbuilder John Macaulay | intheboatshed.net. [ad#intheboatshed-post] One of the treats of the Beale Park Thames Boat Show was seeing one of John Macaulay’s traditional Hebridean skiffs full of old-fashioned boatbuilding features. Note the short floors and ribs, for example – they’re very much what one sees in a Viking ship or Viking canoe. What’s more, the oarlocks and oars obviously belong to a time before the fashion for adopting rowing racing practice brought in round oars in round oarlocks capable of being rotated.
For an earlier post on Macaulay, click here. This interesting article sheds light on the man himself: John Mcaulay Boatbuilder. Of the virtues of wooden boats he says: ‘There is only one boat worth having and that is a wooden boat. They are unique; one off and beautiful. Here’s another newspaper piece in the Stornaway Gazette describing the restoration of a Western Isles boat. Irish Wrecks On-Line - North Co. Down Wreck List. The Ballast Trust. Mast & Sail in Europe & Asia: Chapter 5. Heritage Locations - Tobermory Harbour.
Baker, Richard, Terror of Tobermory: Vice-Admiral Sir Gilbert Stephenson, Birlinn, ISBN-10: 1843410230 (2005) Borthwick, Alastair, Tobermory and the Isle of Mull, Adcon, ISBN-10: 095003780X (1969) Brown, Olive & Whittaker, Jean, A Treasure Lost: The Spanish Wreck in Tobermory Bay, Brown & Whittaker, ISBN-10: 095327750X (2000) Brown, Olive & Whittaker, Jean, A Walk Around Tobermory, Cearcas, ASIN: B0012KASDQ (1988) Folkes, Patrick, Shipwrecks of Tobermory, 1828-1935, Folkes, ASIN: B0007JM0UC (1969) Hardie, Robert Purves, The Tobermory Argosy: a Problem of the Spanish Armada, Oliver and Boyd, ASIN: B001OP8B9W (1912) Hewitt, Nick, Coastal Convoys 1939-1945: The Indestructible Highway, Pen & Sword Maritime, ISBN-10: 1844158616 (2008) Lavery, Brian, In Which They Served: The Royal Navy Officer Experience in the Second World War, Conway Maritime Press, ISBN-10: 1844860701 (2008) McNab, Peter, Tobermory Teuchter, Luath Press, ISBN-10: 0946487413 (1998)
A couple of Qualtrough characters - Isle of Man - Ellan Vannin - Care2.com. September 04, 2005 2:26 AM What of the characters themselves? Let us firstly look at "Ned Beg. " He was the son of John Qualtrough and Elizabeth Gorry and we know he was baptised in the Parish of Kirk Rushen in the Isle of Man on the 10th October 1824. The first official record we have of him appears in the 1841 census, where we discover that he was aged 16 and living with his father John and stepmother Margaret in the Cumberland Inn in Port St. Mary. John was the publican at that Inn. The next interesting fact to emerge is to look at the baptism of his eldest son William Edward Qualtrough. So clearly we know that "Ned Beg" was a traveller, and most unusually at that time, prepared to travel to the USA, and then a few years later to return home.
In later years Ned Beg expanded his business and became a net manufacturer. Machine made cotton nets were introduced after 1854 and these nets replaced the old linen nets. A Train of nets send green star] [ accepted] Prayers for sailors and fisher-folk : Church of Scotland. eBook and Texts > Canadian Libraries > University of Toronto - Robarts Library > Prayers for sailors and fisher-folk View the book (~152 pg)Read Online (5.3 M)PDF (3.8 M)B/W PDF (198.6 K)EPUB(~152 pg)Kindle(~152 pg)Daisy (151.8 K)Full Text (2.6 M)DjVu All Files: HTTPS Torrent (2/0) Help reading texts Resources Bookmark Prayers for sailors and fisher-folk (1903) fullscreen Author: Church of Scotland; Paton, John Subject: Church of Scotland; Sailors -- Prayer-books and devotions English; Fishers -- Prayer-books and devotions EnglishPublisher: Edinburgh : W.
This book has an editable web page on Open Library. Description Be the first to write a review Downloaded 3,424 times Reviews Selected metadata. The Shipping Registers - A Venture with Am Baile. 19 Aug 2002The Shipping Registers - A Venture with Am Baile Ross & Cromarty Heritage Society 1 Castle Street Dingwall IV15 9HU Office: 01349 861555 Dear Sir, The Ross and Cromarty Heritage Society is carrying out work on behalf of the Highland Council's project - Am Baile - the Gaelic Village, a New Opportunities Fund digitisation project, the chief objective of which is to create a major new website focussing on the language, culture and heritage of the Gaidhealtachd. The Society is presently engaged in transcribing material from the Shipping Registers of the Port of Inverness. We are interested in finding out additional information about a ship, the "Seaforth", build in Maryburgh, Ross-shire, in the year 1834.
The owners were James Ure, Woodmerchant and his clerk, James Yule, both of Maryburgh, Fodderty parish; the Master of the ship was John Forsyth. Yours sincerely Kerr Yule The Shipping Registers - A Venture with Am Baile( with apologies to the Prophet Ezekiel ) p.s. Smuggling on Solway Firth and Galloway coasts, Scotland. Guide-Book: Scotland Annan is on the A75 8m W of Gretna; Waterfoot and Kenziels are just S of the town at NY1965 Ruthwell is 8m farther W (map 85). There is a wealth of stories and legends about smuggling on the north coast of the Solway, and it seems clear that the enormous majority of goods smuggled into Scotland were landed here.
The proximity of the wicked Isle of Man gave the local smugglers a considerable advantage over their competitors elsewhere on the coast. The island was effectively a free-trade area for many years, and the shortest crossing to the Solway was less than 30 miles. The sailors of southwest Scotland needed no encouragement to exploit this valuable trade link, and often sailed from the island in fleets of ten or more small ships and boats, in order to saturate the coast with landings, and outwit the over-stretched customs and excise services. Some of these villages would also have been familiar to Scotland's most famous revenue man, Robbie Burns. Dumfries NX97. Tin Fish Is One-Man Submarine. Mr Sopwith at the Ryde Regatta, 1936 - HU011303. WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO. EdinPhoto Home Page - The History of Photography in Edinburgh by Peter Stubbs. This site records my research into the history of photography in Edinburgh since 1840; When I last counted, at January 2010, there were about 19,700 pages and about 17,200 pict.
Swan Trust - Swan LK243 - Traditional Shetland Fishing Sail Boat. Lizzie May - Based in Western Scotland | Classic Sailing. SCAPE - Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion. The British Cartographic Society > How long is the UK coastline? Welcome to the Manx National Heritage Web Site - Isle of Man Government Manx National Heritage: Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Volume 1 No 18: Further Scottish Leasing Round (Saltire Prize Projects): Regional Locational Guidance. MMT.