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H101: Bard Head, Bressay, North Sea
Pontoon (20th Century)
Site Name H101: Bard Head, Bressay, North Sea
Classification Pontoon (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) H-101; Bard; Bressay Sound; H101
Canmore ID 238582
Site Number HU53NW 8002
NGR HU 517 357
NGR Description HU c. 517 357
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
HU53NW 8002 c. 517 357
N60 6.2 W1 4.2
NLO: Bard Head [name: HU 516 357]
Bard [name centred HU 514 361]
Bressay [name centred HU 50 40]
Bressay Sound [name centred HU 485 415].
Formerly classified as Pontoon Barge.
H 101: [max. date] 1972
2,886 tons gross. Broke loss from tug and ran ashore on Bressay, cargo of installation jackets. 60' of water
Archive Ref: [nil cited].
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated]
MS/3025, no. 1013.
(Location cited as HU c. 517 357). The tip of the 'oilwell structure' is awash in 18m depth of water 'at the base of Bard Head'.
G Ridley 1992.
(Classified as pontoon barge: date of loss cited as 5 March 1972). H101: this vessel stranded [on] Bressay at Bard Head.
Registration: Dutch. 2886grt. Length: 84m. Beam: 24m.
(Location of loss cited as N60 6.2 W1 4.2).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2401
Name : H101
Latitude : 600612
Longitude : 10412
Registration : DUTCH
Type : PONTOON BARGE
Tonnage : 2886
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 84
Beam : 24
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 5
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1972
Comment : Stranded Bressay at Bard Head
