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Industry: Lerwick, Bressay Sound

Sloop (18th Century)

Site Name Industry: Lerwick, Bressay Sound

Classification Sloop (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 'Below The Tolbooth'; Lerwick, Old Tolbooth; Lerwick Harbour; North Sea; Industry

Canmore ID 241647

Site Number HU44SE 8031

NGR HU 478 412

NGR Description HU c. 478 412

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

HU44SE 8031 c. 478 412

N60 9.2 W1 8.3

NLO: Bressay [name centred HU 50 40]

Bressay Sound [name centred HU 485 415]

Lerwick [name: HU 475 415].

Industry: [max. date] 1785

Driven ashore, crew saved

Archive Ref: RSB

Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated]

MS/3025 (no. 677).

(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 29 October 1785). Industry: this vessel was driven ashore below the Tolbooth [at] Lerwick. Registration: Lerwick.

(Location of loss cited as N60 9.5 W1 9.5).

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.

The Old Tobooth at Lerwick (HU44SE 44) is at HU 4781 4127.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 April 2003.

Activities

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 17337

Name : INDUSTRY

Latitude : 600930

Longitude : 10930

Registration : LERWICK

Type : SLOOP

Loss Day : 29

Loss Month : 10

Loss Year : 1785

Comment : Driven ashore below the Tolbooth, Lerwick.

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