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Chance: Bressay Sound

Smack (19th Century)

Site Name Chance: Bressay Sound

Classification Smack (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Lerwick Harbour; North Sea

Canmore ID 256123

Site Number HU44SE 8072

NGR HU 48 41

NGR Description HU c. 48 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

Archaeology Notes

HU44SE 8072 c. 48 41

N60 9 W1 8

NLO: Bressay [name centred HU 50 40]

Bressay Sound [name centred HU 485 415].

Possibly on map sheet HU43NE.

7 February 1878, CHANCE, 1 yr old, wooden smack, 2 tons, 2 crew, Master and Owner D. Inkster, Lerwick, departed Lerwick, in ballast, capsized, 2 lives lost, wind NW7, partial loss, Bressay Sound, Shetland.

Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1877 - 78 (1878-79 [C.2314] LXIV.395).

NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 2873).

The location that is assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, 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.

This loss is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), possibly suggesting her successful recovery.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 March 2004.

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