Maritime Incidents in 1806 - Stotfield Fishing Disaster, HMS Heureux, HMS Athenienne, Hmsstotfield Fishing Disaster, HMS Heureux, HMS Athenienne, HMS Surinam, French Ship Vengeur, Britannia, George Surinam, French Ship Vengeur, Britannia, George (Paperback)

Chapters: Stotfield Fishing Disaster, Hms Heureux, Hms Athenienne, Hms Surinam, French Ship Vengeur, Britannia, George, French Ship Union, Bee, Governor King, Sydney, John. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Stotfield fishing disaster was the first of several fishing disasters of the 19th century on the east coast of Scotland. A storm struck the Moray Firth on 25 December 1806. Compared to the Moray Firth fishing disaster of 1848 or the Eyemouth Disaster of 1881, the Stotfield disaster was small. However, although in those major disasters many more lives and boats were lost, the effect at Stotfield was arguably worse. There, the village lost its entire fleet of three fishing boats. More importantly, it lost all of its able bodied men and youths in one afternoon. Stotfield has now been absorbed into Lossiemouth but originally it was a small ferm toun in Moray that was established in the Middle Ages. The name Stotfield is derived from Stodfauld meaning in Old English, "horse field." The fact that the name is a form of English and not derived from Pictish or Gaelic names suggests that incomers settled the area. King David I of Scotland introduced settlers from other parts of the kingdom as a way of reducing the powers of the lords who had ruled large territories as independent provinces. Indeed, King David put down a rebellion by the Mormaer of Moray in 1130 and it is possible that Stotfield dated from shortly after this event. The English speaking inhabitants of the Lothians would most likely to have been the chosen settlers. It is notable that the tribe inhabiting the Lothians were Angles (originally part of the Kingdom of Northumbria). Stotfield's close proximity to the sea eventually led it to develop a fishing arm to its farming activities....More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=515451