Margaret And Marie: Lerwick, Bressay Sound
Sloop (18th Century)
Site Name Margaret And Marie: Lerwick, Bressay Sound
Classification Sloop (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Margaret & Marie; Margaret And Marion; Lerwick Bay; Lerwick Harbour; North Sea
Canmore ID 241527
Site Number HU44SE 8014
NGR HU 47 41
NGR Description HU c. 47 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 8014 c. 47 41
N60 9 W1 9
NLO: Lerwick [name: HU 475 415]
Bressay Sound [name centred HU 485 415]
Bressay [name centred HU 50 40].
Margaret and Marion: [max. date] 31 Dec 1735.
Driven ashore in gale.
Archive Ref: HS
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 38.
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as December 1735). Margaret & Marie: this vessel was driven ashore at Lerwick. Retgistration: Lerwick.
(Location of loss cited as N60 9.5 W1 8.5).
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), 10 October 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 8175
Name : MARGARET & MARIE
Latitude : 600930
Longitude : 10830
Registration : LERWICK
Type : SLOOP
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1735
Comment : Driven ashore at Lerwick