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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

Archaeology Notes

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.

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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.

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