The 197grt Dutch steam trawler Noordpool, built 1929, was washed ashore in a NNE gale about 500 yards west of Rosehearty pier in the early hours of the 1st of March 1931. The wreck was discovered in the morning, lying on the rocks on its port side, adjacent to the shore. The trawler's clock was washed ashore, stopped at one minute to five. All 14 crew were lost. Ten bodies were also washed ashore and buried in the local cemetery. The skipper's body was later exhumed and returned to Holland.

She was extensively salvaged from shore by a Peterhead salvage firm.

The site at 57° 42.10’N 02° 07.02’W is shallow and kelp-covered in the summer. The telegraph and portholes were found in 1994.

Any information or stories about shipwrecks in the Rosehearty area would be greatly appreciated - please contact the source of these pages, Roger Mathison.