Thetis: Balta, Unst, North Sea
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Thetis: Balta, Unst, North Sea
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Balta Island; Balla Island; Burra Island; West Burra; Balta Sound
Canmore ID 237850
Site Number HP60NE 8003
NGR HP 66 08
NGR Description HP c. 66 08
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HP60NE 8003 c. 66 08
N60 45 W0 47
NLO: Balta [name centred HP 660 080]
Baltasound [name: HP 622 088]
Balta Sound [name centred HP 653 083].
Thetis: [max. date] 1807
Wrecked on voyage from St Petersburg to Liverpool laden with flax, tallow and hemp. One man perished
Archive Ref: "CE85/1/3 - 9/5/1807; CE 85/1/3
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 482.
The THETIS, Shaw, from Petersburg to Liverpool, was driven on shore 25th ult., on Balla [Balta] Island, Shetland. Crew and part of the cargo saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 4118, London, Friday January 16 1807.
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5568).
The brig Thetis of Whitehaven was lost in 1807 on the island of Balta while carrying a cargo of tallow and flax from St Peterburg to Liverpool.
G Ridley 1992.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 February 2005.