What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Metanol: Fidra, Firth of Forth as Motor Vessel (20th Century)-(1974), Tanker (20th Century)-(1974). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The *Metanol* was a 20th-century motor tanker that was lost in 1974 near Fidra in the Firth of Forth, Scotland. The exact circumstances of its loss, including whether any lives or cargo were lost, are not widely documented, but its remains are recorded in Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment as a historically significant maritime casualty.
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Places near here
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