Hope: Bressay Sound
Craft (20th Century)
Site Name Hope: Bressay Sound
Classification Craft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lerwick Harbour; North Sea
Canmore ID 282677
Site Number HU44SE 8106
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
HU44SE 8106 c. 48 41
N60 9 W1 8
NLO: Bressay [name centred HU 50 40]
Bressay Sound [name centred HU 485 415]
Lerwick [name: HU 475 415].
Possibly on map sheet HU43NE.
(Date of loss cited as 1906). Hope: run down in [Bressay] Sound.
MS/2336.
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).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 September 2006.