Cellardyke – In Memoriam – Losses to the Sea.

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST

  1. David Brown-21 Feb 1771
  2. Alexander Wood – 1793
  3. John Tarvitt – 1793
  4. David Donaldson – 1793
  5. William Bauldie – 1793
  6. John Gardner – 1793
  7. James Anderson – 1794
  8. Philip Anderson – 1800 – lost with unnamed vessel
  9. Leslie Brown 1800 – lost with unnamed vessel
  10. William Muir 1800 – lost with unnamed vessel
  11. Thomas Fowler – 1800 – lost with unnamed vessel
  12. Thomas Smith -1800 – lost with unnamed vessel
  13. Andrew Robertson – 1800 – lost with unnamed vessel
  14. Thomas Chrichton -1800 – lost with unnamed vessel
  15. Alexander Scott – 1805 – with the Nancy
  16. Thomas Scott – 1805 – with the Nancy
  17. James Morris – 1805 – with the Nancy
  18. David Rhynd – 1805 – with the Nancy
  19. David Wilson – 1805 – with the Nancy
  20. James Watson – 1805 – with the Nancy
  21. Leslie Brown – 1805 – from the boat Brothers
  22. David Rodger – 1814 – at BurntIsland Drave
  23. George Rodger – 1814 – at BurntIsland Drave
  24. Thomas Watson – 1814 – at BurntIsland Drave
  25. Unnamed – January 1815
  26. Unnamed January 1815
  27. Unnamed January 1815
  28. Alexander Watson – 1819 with the Flora
  29. Andrew Robertson – 1825 – lost from an unknown vessel
  30. David Taylor, senior – 1826 – with the Victory
  31. David Taylor, junior – 1826 – with the Victory
  32. William Taylor – 1826 – with the Victory
  33. Robert Pratt – 1826 – with the Victory
  34. William Peattie – 1826 – with the Victory
  35. Andrew Heugh – 1826 – with the Victory
  36. Robert Corstorphine – 1826 – with the Victory
  37. Wiliam Davidson – 1828 – with the Olive
  38. James Davidson – 1828 – with the Olive
  39. John Davidson – 1828 – with the Olive
  40. Andrew Davidson – 1828 – with the Olive
  41. ? Wilkie – 1831 – from a Cellardyke fishing boat
  42. William Davidson – 12/13 Dec 1836 with the Whaler, Thomas
  43. John Muir – 12/13 Dec 1836 with the Whaler, Thomas
  44. William Muir – 12/13 Dec 1836 with the Whaler, Thomas
  45. Euphemia Anderson – 1837 – with the Johns at the May Isle Picnic
  46. Margaret Taylor – 1837 – with the Johns at the May Isle Picnic
  47. An unnamed baby – 1837 – with the Johns at the May Isle Picnic
  48. Mrs Wilson – wife of teacher at Radernie – 1837 – with the Johns at the May Isle Picnic
  49. Son of Mr and Mrs Wilson – 1837 – with the Johns at the May Isle Picnic
  50. Morther of above Mr Wilson – 1837 – with the Johns at the May Isle Picnic
  51. Unknown – 1837 – with the Johns at the May Isle Picnic
  52. Unknown – 1837 – with the Johns at the May Isle Picnic
  53. Unknown – 1837 – with the Johns at the May Isle Picnic
  54. Unknown – 1837 – with the Johns at the May Isle Picnic
  55. Unknown – 1837 – with the Johns at the May Isle Picnic
  56. Unknown – 1837 – with the Johns at the May Isle Picnic
  57. Unknown – 1837 – with the Johns at the May Isle Picnic
  58. Henry Reid – 1842 – with the Lord Melbourne
  59. George Smith – 1842 – with the Lord Melbourne
  60. James Smith – 1842 – with the Lord Melbourne
  61. John Sutherland – 1842 – with the Lord Melbourne
  62. James Watson – 1842 – with the Lord Melbourne
  63. George Smith, jun – 1844 – with the William
  64. James Smith, his brother, – 1844 – with the William
  65. George Smith, son of James – 1844 – with the William
  66. James Watson – 1844 – with the William
  67. James Salter – 1844 – with the William
  68. Robert Mackay – 1844 – with the William
  69. John Sutherland, jun – 1844 – with the William
  70. Wilson Brunton – 1844 – with the William
  71. Thomas Reid – 1846 – with the Nancy
  72. William Muir – 1846 – with the Nancy
  73. Thomas Muir – 1846 – with the Nancy
  74. George Anderson – 1846 – with the Nancy
  75. John Wilson – 1846 – with the Nancy
  76. Alexander Wilson – 1846 – with the Nancy
  77. John Boyter – 1846 – with the Nancy
  78. John Smith – 1848 – with the John and Mary
  79. James Fleming – 1848 – with the John and Mary
  80. Henry Reid – 1848 – with the John and Mary
  81. Thomas Fleming – 1848 – with the John and Mary
  82. Thomas Fleming jnr – 1848 – with the John and Mary
  83. James Dick – 1848 – with the John and Mary
  84. David Birrell – 1848 – with the John and Mary
  85. James Dickson – 1848 – with the John and Mary
  86. Adam Reid Snr, – 1855 – with the Venus
  87. William Reid (8) – 1855 – with the Venus
  88. Kenneth Macleod – 1855 – with the Venus
  89. James Malcolm – 1855 – with the Venus
  90. Alexander Dick – 1856
  91. Willaim Birrel – 1859 – with the Heroine
  92. David Birrel his son – 1859 – with the Heroine
  93. Thomas Birrel – 1859 – with the Heroine
  94. William Wood – 1859 – with the Heroine
  95. James Davidson – 1859 – with the Heroine
  96. George Keay – 1859 – with the Heroine
  97. James Reid – 1859 – with the Heroine
  98. David Gellatley – 1863 from the Laurel
  99. Henry Bett – 1865 – with the Helen
  100. Thomas Brown – 1865 – with the Helen
  101. Andrew Robertson – 1865 – with the Helen
  102. Thomas Wood – 1865 – with the Helen
  103. Daniel Fleming – 1865 – with the Helen
  104. Francis Montidore – 1865 – with the Helen
  105. Thomas Muir – 1865 – with the Helen
  106. Thomas Reid – 1865 – with the Helen
  107. Robert Drummond – 1871 – from the Alexander and Elizabeth
  108. Andrew Carstairs – 1871 – from the Planet no 22
  109. John Wood – 1873
  110. Alexander McRuvie – 1875 – from the Excelsior
  111. John Watson – 1875 from George Anderson’s boat
  112. James Murray – 1875 – with the Janet Anderson KY 1296
  113. Andrew Stewart – 1875 – with the Janet Anderson KY 1296
  114. Alexander Lothian – 1875 – with the Janet Anderson KY 1296
  115. James Walker – 1875 – with the Janet Anderson KY 1296
  116. William Briggs – 1875 – with the Janet Anderson KY 1296
  117. Hugh Mackay – 1875 – with the Janet Anderson KY 1296
  118. William Mackay – 1875 – with the Janet Anderson KY 1296
  119. Robert Stewart (Latto) – 1875 – with the Vigilant KY 1214
  120. James McRuvie – 1875 – with the Vigilant KY 1214
  121. James McRuvie (16), his son – 1875 -with the Vigilant KY 1214
  122. Leslie Brown – 1875 – with the Vigilant KY 1214
  123. Alexander Doeg (Reid) – 1875 – with the Vigilant KY 1214
  124. William Stewart – 1875 – with the Vigilant KY 1214
  125. James Gardner – 1875 – from the Williams
  126. Charles Bain or Smith – From the boat Catherine Fowler KY 2
  127. David Doig Wood- 1876 – from the Victoria Cross
  128. Robert Doig – 1877
  129. John Montadore – 1878 – from his boat Jacobina
  130. Andrew Lyall – 1878 – from the Cyprus
  131. Alexander Watson – 1878 – from his boat Polar Star
  132. Alexander Brown (Brunton) – 1879 – from the Mayflower
  133. James Bett – 1880 – from the Taeping KY 1611
  134. Andrew Flemming – 1880 from Southern Cross – Andrew’s Father Thomas was lost with the John and Mary in 1848
  135. Andrew Brown – 1880 from Southern Cross
  136. Andrew Muir- 1880 from Robert Meldrum’s boat
  137. Thomas Watson – 1880 – from the Garland KY 390
  138. William Anderson – 1880 – from the Venus or Venus Star
  139. Alexander Gardner – 1882 – from the Dayspring
  140. Thomas Pratt – 1883 – from the Phoenix
  141. Robert Watson – 1886 – from the Alaska KY 332
  142. George Henderson – 1886 – from the Pioneer
  143. Donald Sutherland, – 1887 – hired man from the Jeannie Wood KY407
  144. George Corstorphine – 1889 -from his boat the Anapira KY 1841
  145. Thomas Tarvett – 1889 – from Aberdeen registered Mountineer 11 A
  146. James Boyter – 1889 – from the Glenroy
  147. James Brodie – 1889 from the Black Prince KY 1169
  148. Andrew Keay – 1890 – from the Eclipse KY 2072
  149. Alexander Falconer – 1890 – from the Alsaska KY 332
  150. Private Alex Gardner – 1890 – lost with a boat at Aberdeen
  151. Adam Watson – 1890 – with the the Garland KY 390
  152. James Salter – 1890 – with the the Garland KY 390
  153. John Brown – 1890 – with the the Garland KY 390
  154. David Watson – 1890 – with the the Garland KY 390
  155. Alexander Smith – 1890 – with the the Garland KY 390
  156. Hubert Brown – 1890 – with the the Garland KY 390
  157. Robert Watson – 1890 – with the the Garland KY 390
  158. James Boyter / Fyall – 1890 – from the Star of Bethlehem
  159. William Montador – 1890 – from the Venus Star
  160. Robert Ritchie – 1891 – from his yawl Pioneer
  161. George Smith – 1892 – with the Rose
  162. Adam Dick – 1892 -with the Rose
  163. William Watson Smith – 1892 – with the Rose
  164. George Anderson(Tarvitt) – 1892 – from a yawl
  165. Neil Macaskill – 1894 – from the boat Catherine Eddy
  166. Thomas Pringle – 1894 – from the Onyx
  167. D Doig – 1894- lost with Merchant vessel Kooringa
  168. William Motion – 1895 – from the Providence KY263
  169. Alexander Davidson – 1895 – with the Lady of the Lake
  170. Adam Reid – 1895 – with the Lady of the Lake
  171. James Walker -1895 – with the Lady of the Lake
  172. John Moncrieff – 1895 – with the Lady of the Lake
  173. Martin Sutherland – 1895 – with the Lady of the Lake
  174. George Smith -1895 – with the Lady of the Lake
  175. Thomas Flemingson – 1895 – with the Lady of the Lake
  176. George Watson – 1895 – from Mizpah KY 398
  177. Thomas Gerrard – 1896 – From Lilian Maud – SN 88
  178. Alexander Tawse – 1896 – from Providence KY263
  179. James Anstruther Moncrieff – 1897 – from his boat Reliance
  180. Thomas Watson – 1900 – with the Bernicia SN 199
  181. Daniel Henderson – 1900 – with the Bernicia SN 199
  182. Alexander Boyter – 1900 – with the Bernicia SN 199
  183. Alexander Gardner -1900 – with the Bernicia SN 199
  184. Thomas Gardner -1900 – with the Bernicia SN 199
  185. Alexander Murray – 1900 – with the Bernicia SN 199
  186. James Stevenson – 1900 – with the Bernicia SN 199
  187. Thomas Ritchie – 1900 – with the Bernicia SN 199
  188. Fred Lloyd- Engineer – 1900 – with the Bernicia SN 199
  189. William Horn Elsdon – Fireman – 1900 – with the Bernicia SN 199
  190. William Martin – 1900 – from St Fontin – Aberdeen Trawler
  191. Thomas Smith – 1900 – from the Edith KY460
  192. James Smith – 1900 -from the White Cross KY 571
  193. Thomas Reid – 1901 – from the Prospects ahead KY 1656
  194. Robert Dickson – 1901 – from steam trawler Lochnagar
  195. William (Sutherland) Watson – 1902 – from a yawl
  196. Wiliam Watson, – 1902 – with the Brothers
  197. Adam Watson – 1902 – with the Brothers
  198. Alexander Watson – 1902 – with the Brothers
  199. David Muir – 1902 – with the Brothers
  200. William Peat – 1902 – with the Brothers
  201. Charles Norrie – 1902 – with the Brothers
  202. David Ferrier – 1902 – with the Brothers
  203. Richard Doyle – 1903 – Prestige KY196
  204. John Deas – 1904 from the Thistle KY372
  205. Alexander Deas – 1904 – from the Thistle KY372
  206. Robert Smith – 1905 – with the Cornucopia
  207. Andrew Henderson – 1905 – lost with the Star of Hope, Aberdeen Trawler
  208. WilliamHenderson – 1905 – lost with the Star of Hope, Aberdeen Trawler
  209. Robert Stewart – 1905 from the Rambler SN 247
  210. Peter Boyter – 1906 -from Elizabeth Keays
  211. David Moncrieff – 1906 – from Nil Desperandum
  212. James Smith – 1907 – Canada
  213. William Smith ( Sutherland)- 1908 – from the Amethyst KY 630
  214. John Falconer – 1908 – lost from small boat returning to Riverdale A 129
  215. John Moncrieff – 1911 – from the Guiding Star KY 677
  216. John Wilson – 1913 – from the Steam Drifter Baden Powell SN
  217. Andrew Henderson – 1917 – skipper, lost with motor yawl Jane S, BK 340 – struck a mine
  218. Andrew Henderson – 1917 – son, lost with motor yawl Jane S, BK 340 – struck a mine
  219. Alexander Henderson, – 1917 – son, lost with motor yawl Jane S, BK 340 – struck a mine
  220. James Wilson (Wallace) – 1917 – lost with motor yawl Jane S, BK 340 – struck a mine
  221. Thomas Boyter, – 1917 – lost with motor yawl Jane S, BK 340 – struck a mine
  222. William Smith – 1921 – Fireman aboard Steam drifter Scot KY 139
  223. George Jack – 1923 – from the Breadwinner KY 253
  224. Thomas Anderson – 1934 – lost from Just Reward
  225. James Tarvit – 1936 – lost with Steam Trawler May Island
  226. John Tarvit- 1936 – lost with Steam Trawler May Island
  227. David Birrell – 1936 – lost with Steam Trawler May Island
  228. Alexander McRuvie – 1940 – lost in Firth of Forth vessel unknown
  229. George Thomson – 1961 – from motor fishing vessel Wilson Line
  230. James Muir – 1965 – From his boat Ocean Gain KY78
  231. Robert Duncan – 1966- off the Silver Chord KY124
  232. Joseph Swankie – 1978 – with his boat Fearnought KY

Died at Sea or in accidents when working at the fishing

  1. James McRurie – 1868 – aboard Neptune
  2. John Parker – 1871 – drank poisoned water
  3. George Parker – 1873 aboard William Sutherland’s Harvest Home
  4. William Watson (Jack) – 1876 working on Victoria Cross
  5. John Duff – 1878 – working on John Tarvitt’s boat
  6. Alexander McRuvie – 1882 – while berthed in Leith
  7. Walter Peat – 1883 – from the Summer Breeze at Peterhead
  8. Thomas Flemming – 1884 – Found dead in his bunk in John Barclay’s boat at Shetland
  9. John Muir – 1884 – Skiper of Conqueror at Aberdeen Harbour
  10. James Brunton – 1887 – from his boat Jessie at Yarmouth
  11. John Watson – 1891- working aboard Merchant ship Buenos Ayrean
  12. David Corstorphine – 1891 – in Aberdeen Harbour
  13. Robert Stewart – 1892 – aboard his vessel Dawn KY 992
  14. John Muir – 1892 – Peterhead harbour from the Reindeer KY 46
  15. Henry Stevenson (11) – 1893 Aberdeen from his fathers boat, Excellence KY 459
  16. James Doig – 1893 – onboard four masted ship Glenogil in San Fransisco
  17. David Moncrieff – 1895 – on board Providence KY 263
  18. James Watson – 1896 – Hartlepool, working aboard the steam liner Anster Fair KY 461
  19. John Gardiner – 1898 – at Hartlepool working from the Maggie Scott KY 27
  20. William Brown – 1899 – from the steam liner Kilrenny KY 594 at Aberdeen
  21. Thomas Ritchie – 1902 – aboard the Steam Trawler Stork 60 miles off Aberdeen
  22. David Stevenson – 1905 – From sailing vessel Integrity KY621 at Scarborough
  23. Angus McLeod – 1909 – halfdealsman aboard Star of Hope KY 672
  24. John Watson – 1912 – fireman on the Guerdon KY 283
  25. John Sutherland – 1913 – Skipper of Dreel Castle KY71 at Hartlepool
  26. Robert Johnstone – 1918 – Fatal accident aboard St Adrian KY 103 ( Previously KY544)
  27. George Corstorphine – 1924 – from Steam Drifter Mace KY 224
  28. Charles Anderson – 1934- working Fraserburgh on steam drifter Mace KY 224
  29. Robert Hodge – 1934- Working Fraserburgh on steam drifter Mace KY 224
  30. William Mc Bain – 1937 – on board the steam drifter Twinkling Star KY 347
  31. James Martin – 1938 – from his vessel Curlew M – Vancouver
  32. David Christie – 1938 – on board Good Hope KY 165
  33. James Elder Flemming – 1948 – onboard Whaler, Southern Harvester

World War 1 Losses at Sea or while serving in the Royal Navy and it’s Branches ( info from Kevin Dunion’s “The Democray of War”)These names appear on the War Memorials

  1. William Reekie – 1915 – lost with HMS Clan Macnaughton
  2. John Bett – 1915 – from RNR steam drifter Coreopsis KY 116
  3. William Watson – Royal Navy Division Hood Battalion, killed at Gallipoli
  4. James Anstruther Moncrieff – 1916 – Lost with HMS Invincible
  5. James Dick – 1917 – lost with vessel HMT Evadne
  6. John Thomson – 1917 – drowned off Portland, Dorset
  7. Mitchell Anderson – 1917 – with his ship HMS Morococala
  8. Alexander Keay – 1917 – lost with HM trawler Repro
  9. John Christie – 1917 – Lost with his HMPMS Queen of the North struck a mine and sunk
  10. David Watson – 1917 – died from injuries after his vessel Aster was mined
  11. R. Wallace. R.N.R., of Fever Mesopotania
  12. Alexander Corstorphine – 1918 – died after his boat HMT Gambri was sunk by a mine.
  13. Robert Gardner – 1918 – lost with S.S. Greynog, when torpedoed
  14. Alexander Brown – 1918 – with his minesweeper HMMS Blackmorevale
  15. James Muir Gourlay – 1918 – Died from pneumonia on active service
  16. William Tarvit – 1918 – discharged with shock and died at home
  17. Robert Thomson – 1918 – flu in military hospital
  18. John Morris Wood -1919 –
  19. George Brown – 1919 – Served on HM Armed Fishing Smack Ivanhoe Died, 9th Jan 1919
  20. Alexander Watson -1919 – Skipper RNR attached to HMS Vivid
  21. Robert Watson – RNR – no further information

*Andrew Henderson Skipper RNRT ( 53) Alexander Henderson( 29) Andrew Henderson (27) James Wilson and Thomas Boyter Died when their vessel the Jane S was blown up by a mine previously listed in general lists as they were fishing and not on Naval Duties

Deaths at Sea in Merchant Navy Service

  1. Unknown Name 1776 on board the sloop Hope of Cellardyke
  2. David Thow – 1855 – on board Alexandrine of North Shields
  3. Alex Smith – 1865 – on board Neville of Liverpool
  4. Alexander Hodge – 1876 – while traveling from San Fransico to the Humber round the Horn
  5. John Montador – 1896 – on board SS Forthbank
  6. James Moncrieff – 1914 – SS Harrow of London
  7. John Brown – 1922- Leith Steamer, Omega
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