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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 856756
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/856756
HU44SE 8011 c. 476 415
N60 9.3 W1 8.5
NLO: Alexandra Wharf [name: HU 476 415]
Bressay Sound [name centred HU 485 415]
Lerwick [name: HU 475 415].
Formerly entered under classification Warship.
For cannon from this vessel mounted in front of the Shetland Hotel (at HU c. 46773 42266), see HU44SE 275.01.
For walking stick held in Shetland Museum and made of timbers from the De Haan and Wendela, see HU69SE 8001.
De Haan: [max. date] 1640
Burnt and sunk by armed Dunkirk ship. During dredging operations at N.E. corner of Alexandra Wharf remains of ship including four guns and 60 ft. of kel were recovered.
Archive Ref: OLM Vol. 5 p. 20; D.6/292/3 P. 89; D.6/292/15 p. 1; St 16/2/1922 p. 90
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 184
(Classified as East Indiaman: date of loss cited as 5 June 1640). Haan (de Haan?): this vessel was burnt and sunk by the French in Lerwick harbour. Registration; Dutch.
(Location of loss cited as N60 9.5 W1 7.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Held in Shetland Museum under registration number SEA 88125 and accession number A15-86 there is a complete brick of Overjessel stane from this wreck. It was found with half a dozen smaller pieces, measures 16.5 x 8 x 3.5cm, and is harder and more dense than comparable pieces from the wrecks of the Lastdrager (HP50SW 8001) and Kennemerland (HU67SE 8001).
NMRS, MS/829/65.
The rig of this vessel is apparently not recorded.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 September 2005.
(Date of loss cited as 1640). De Haan: 'West shore of Bressay Sound'.
MS/2336.
The location that is assigned to this record is essentially tentative, and falls within the area of Lerwick Harbour.
The ill-defined area of Lerwick Harbour (HU44SE 32: centred HU 47722 41345) essentially forms 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 location of loss cited by Pritchard remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 September 2006.
MS/2336.
