Nelson: Grutness Voe, North Sea
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Nelson: Grutness Voe, North Sea
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Grutness Bay; Dunrossness; Sumburgh Head
Canmore ID 285566
Site Number HU41SW 8020
NGR HU 403 102
NGR Description HU c. 403 102
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
HU41SW 8020 c. 403 102
N59 52.5 W1 16.8
NLO: Grutness Voe [name centred HU 403 102]
Sumburgh Head [name: HU 407 078].
Dunrossness, Lerwick, 27th Oct. The NELSON (smack), Jameson, of and for Lerwick, with some cargo, parted her anchors in Grutness bay [Voe], to-day, and went ashore: crew saved.
Source, Additional Intelligence, LL, No. 17,336, London, Saturday, November [1869].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11707).
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), possibly suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 January 2007.
Evidence Of Loss (27 October 1869)
Dunrossness, Lerwick, 27th Oct. The NELSON (smack), Jameson, of and for Lerwick, with some cargo, parted her anchors in Grutness bay [Voe], to-day, and went ashore: crew saved.
Source, Additional Intelligence, LL, No. 17,336, London, Saturday, November [1869].
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11707).
Note (4 January 2007)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), possibly suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 January 2007.