Bona Fortuna: Bressay Sound
Snow (18th Century)
Site Name Bona Fortuna: Bressay Sound
Classification Snow (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lerwick Harbour; North Sea; Bona Fortuna
Canmore ID 241526
Site Number HU44SE 8013
NGR HU 48 41
NGR Description HU c. 48 41
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
HU44SE 8013 c. 48 41
N60 9 W1 8
NLO: Bressay [name centred HU 50 40]
Bressay Sound [name centred HU 485 415]
Lerwick [name: HU 475 415].
Possibly on map sheet HU43NE.
Bona Fortuna: [max. date] 31 May 1749
From Gueysoune with a cargo of timber, the BONA FORTUNA drove ashore.
Archive Ref: HS.
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated]
MS/3025, no. 1.
(Classified as snow, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as May 1749). Bona Fortuna: this vessel was driven ashore in Bressay Sound. Registration: Guaysoure.
(Location of loss cited as N60 9.75 W1 8.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location that is assigned to this record is essentially tentative, but falls within the ill-defined area of Lerwick Harbour (HU44SE 32: centred HU 47722 41345). This takes the form of an extensive roadstead which comprises the waters of Bressay Sound between the narrow Northern entrance (around HU 475 445) and the broader Southern entrance (around HU 483 400). The main facilities are to be found around HU 477 414, on the W side of the Sound; recent development extends Northwards from this point.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 8176
Name : BONA FORTUNA
Latitude : 600945
Longitude : 10800
Registration : GUAYSOURE
Type : SNOW
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1749
Comment : Driven ashore in Bressay Sound
Cargo : TIMBER