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| Cairntorr |
Listed position 7.7nm SSE from Beachy Head Light House 50 36 765 E 00 18 609. 5-6 miles from where the eyewitness, James Page reported.
Not having dived the wreck at the Cairntorr's supposed position, we can't say if it is or isn't but It seems far more likely than what I was trying to match it to which was the Scallop Wreck.
I also assumed, correctly as it turned out, that the ShipWreck index had the wrong number of boilers, 3. In fact the Cairntorr only had 2 . Did they count the donkey boiler as the third!? The Scallop Wreck has one as far as we can tell.
The size and position of the wreck given by the eyewitness was a good fit for the Scallop Wreck though.
Unfortunately, the boilers do not match, and my eyewitness must have been pissed. It seems odd that he appears be looking to the south south west when everyone else was looking south, almost south south east, he even drove further West to Birling Gap to see it sink. That would have meant the Cairntorr sank almost 9 miles away from where he was looking, If it sank where it is now listed. He had 20 years experience in 'The Bengal Pilot Service', highly skilled seamen who provided invaluable knowledge and expertise in navigating the Hooghly River between Calcutta and the Bay of Bengal. He also had 2 years training serving on the HMS Worcester. I'd have thought him a reliable witness....
Oh well, another partial success.
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| James Page-eyewitness |
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| Eastbourne Gazette report, NOT James Says to the South West from the pier!? |
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| From James-213 degrees from the Kiosk I'm assuming this is at Holywell!? It would have been 8 miles south, almost south south east |
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| Why has he travelled to Birling Gap when the ship is listed 8.8miles to the SSE from the Gap!? He's now further away! |
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| Crew member |
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| Daily Mirror 7 or 8 miles off Beachy Head |
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| Lichfield Mercury sank 8 miles from Newhaven |
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The Scotsman seems to have got it correct! |
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| Manchester Courier 8 miles from Newhaven |
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| Northampton Chronicle and Echo 4 Miles South of Beachy, 8 Miles from Newhaven |
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| The Dundee Courier As above |
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| West Sussex Gazette 4 miles South of Beachy Head |
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| Marlybone Mercury 11 miles ! |
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| Liverpool Echo 8 Miles from Newhaven |
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| Did the Sheffield Evening Telegraph call it right!? |
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| Sussex Agricultural Express 11 miles |
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| London Evening Standard 8 miles from Newhaven |
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| Birmingham Daily Post 4 Miles South |
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| Newcastle Journal 6 miles South East and 4 miles South of Beachy Head!!! |
