Electra: Scalloway, Atlantic
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Electra: Scalloway, Atlantic
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) East Voe Of Scalloway; Electra
Canmore ID 247802
Site Number HU43NW 8014
NGR HU 404 394
NGR Description HU c. 404 394
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
HU43NW 8014 c. 404 394
N60 8.3 W1 16.4
NLO: Scalloway [name: HU 404 394]
East Voe of Scalloway [name centred HU 405 390].
Damaged. 7 November 1850, ELECTRA, of Lerwick, Davis Straits to Scalloway, wind SW, force 10, place Scalloway. Drove from 4 anchors and went ashore on rocky bottom, received very considerable damage and fills with the tide. Shipping and Mercantile Gazette 15 November 1850.
Source: Admiralty Register of Wrecks and Casualties Strandeds of UK 1850 and 1851.
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 282).
This incident is not cited as a loss by I G Whittaker (1998); the vessel may have been returned to service. The cited arrival of this vessel from the Davis Straits suggests that this was a whaler or otherwise engaged in the whaling industry.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 July 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12607
Name : ELECTRA
Latitude : 600800
Longitude : 11500
Date Built : 1836
Registration : LERWICK
Type : SNOW
Tonnage : 148
Tonnage Code : B
Position : All Gone
Loss Day : 7
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1850
Comment : Stranded at Scalloway with considerable damage. Capt. Johnson