Overview
Osprey was carrying stones when it stranded at Hound Point on 27 December 1899. The cargo connects this wreck to the work of moving stones by sea. The vessel was a wooden steamship of 46 tons, registered at Granton.
History checked 16 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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- Industry: Hound Point, Firth of Forthmonumentunder 0.1 miles
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- Forth Defences, Inner, Hound Point Batterymonument0.1 miles
- Unknown 1843monument0.1 miles
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- Beach, east of Hound Pointbeach0.4 miles
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