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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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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

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.

Activities

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.

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