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