De Hoop Van Sayn: Whalsay, North Sea
Craft (18th Century)
Site Name De Hoop Van Sayn: Whalsay, North Sea
Classification Craft (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) He Hoop Van Sayn
Canmore ID 242303
Site Number HU56SE 8001
NGR HU 55 61
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/242303
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Nesting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU56SE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Whalsay [name centred HU 56 63].
Possibly on map sheets HU56NE, or HU66NW.
De Hoop van Sayn: [max. date] 31 March 1730
Archive Ref: D38/2608/43; D38/2608/57
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 52.
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as March 1730). He Hoop van Sayn: this vessel was lost (?) at Whalsay.
(Location of loss cited as N60 20.0 W1 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. It remains unclear whereabouts the vessel was lost on this extensive island.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 April 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 17393
Name : HE HOOP VAN SAYN
Latitude : 602000
Longitude : 10000
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1730
Comment : Lost (?) at Whalsay.