by administrator | Jan 22, 2011 | Miscellaneous
19. MR MASON TIDE SURVEYOR AND BOATMEN ON THE KINGS BOAT FURTHER LETTERS RELATING TO. Kings Boat at Kincardine Destroyed No 98. 23 May 1801 Honourable Sirs, We beg leave to transmit your Honors the enclosed letter this Day...
by administrator | Jan 20, 2011 | Miscellaneous
Another amusing article we discovered about the River Forth was a report from the Kirk Session meeting on 3rd Jabuary 1694. It stated that two church elders came across a group of 40 – 50 people poaching on the river. If this was not bad enough in itself, they...
by administrator | Jan 20, 2011 | Miscellaneous
Leaky Tides at Kennetpans The tides in the River Forth, for several miles, both above and before Clackmannan, exhibit a phenomenon not to be found (it is said) in any other part of the globe. This is what the sailors call a leaky tide, which happens always in good...
by administrator | Jan 20, 2011 | Miscellaneous
In May of 1801 the King’s Boat was vandalised as she lay for repair at Kincardine. One of the men suspected of this ‘wicked’ crime was a former co-owner of Robert Stein’s ‘Rachael of Kincardine’. The King’s boat sounds a...
by administrator | Jan 18, 2011 | Stein's Ships
On 1st February 1787 James Stein became the registered owner of the Minerva of Kincardine. This ship was built in Kincardine by John Marshall and launched in June 1786. She was a Square Sterned Carval Brigantine and she had one deck and one mast, she was 66ft 1in long...
by administrator | Jan 18, 2011 | Stein's Ships
On 14th October 1786 John Stein became the registered owner of the Mary and Margaret of Kennet Pans. This ship was built at Kennetpans by James Strang. She was a Square Sterned Carval Sloop and she had one deck and one mast, was 55ft 6in long and was 17 ft 11in wide,...
