Queen Of The Isles: Grutness Voe, North Sea
Craft (20th Century)
Site Name Queen Of The Isles: Grutness Voe, North Sea
Classification Craft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dunrossness; Sumburgh Head; Queen Of The Isles
Canmore ID 240980
Site Number HU41SW 8014
NGR HU 403 102
NGR Description HU c. 403 102
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
HU41SW 8014 c. 403 102
N59 52.5 W1 16.8
NLO: Grutness Voe [name centred HU 403 102]
Sumburgh Head [name: HU 407 078].
Not to be confused with HU41SW 8016.
Queen of the Isles: [max. date] 1901
Wrecked prior to 9th March. Crew saved. Ran mails to Fair Isle
Archive Ref: ST 9/3/1901; RSB
MS/3025, no. 872.
(Classified as packet [no rig cited]: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as March 1901). Queen of the Isles: this vessel was wrecked at Grutness Voe, Dunrossness. Registration: Fair Isle.
(Location of loss cited as N59 52.5 W1 16.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 April 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 17258
Name : QUEEN OF THE ISLES
Latitude : 595230
Longitude : 11630
Registration : FAIR ISLE
Type : PACKET
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1901
Comment : Wrecked at Grutness Voe, Dunrossness.