Johanna: Bressay Sound
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Johanna: Bressay Sound
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lerwick Bay; Lerwick Harbour; North Sea
Canmore ID 272635
Site Number HU44SE 8090
NGR HU 47 41
NGR Description HU c. 47 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
HU44SE 8090 c. 47 41
N60 9 W1 9
NLO: Bressay [name centred HU 50 40]
Bressay Sound [name centred HU 485 415]
Lerwick [name: HU 475 415].
See also HU44SE 8089 and HU45SE 8004.
Lerwick, 14th Jan. 'During a strong gale from SE, on the 10th and 11th inst., the following vessels were driven on shore here - viz.: the ST. NICOLAI, Brandt, from St. Petersburg to Liverpool: eight of the crew drowned. The NESTOR, Baker, from Copenhagen to Lisbon, very leaky, and must discharge: and the JOHANNA, Swanstrom, of Finland, bound to Portugal.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6920, London, Tuesday January 28 1834.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6915).
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.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 May 2005.