Elida: Aith Voe, North Sea
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Elida: Aith Voe, North Sea
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ellida; 'entrance To Aithsvoe'; Aiths Voe; Aithvoe
Canmore ID 239264
Site Number HU42NW 8007
NGR HU 439 282
NGR Description HU c. 439 282
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
HU42NW 8007 c. 439 282
N60 2.2 W1 12.7
NLO: Aith Voe [name centred HU 438 284].
Ellida: [max. date] 1864
Lost with all hands. Cargo of coal.
Archive Ref: SM p. 8; RSB
Source: Shetland Archive Service (undated)
MS/3025 (no. 653).
25 November 1864, ELIDA, 11 yrs old, schooner, 59 tons, 5 crew (supposed), departed Drontheim for Christiania [Oslo], in ballast (supposed), stranded, total loss, 5 lives lost, wind SE11, reef at entrance of Aithvoe, parish of Landwick, Shetland.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1864 (1865 [3529] L.439).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2210).
Lerwick, 3rd Dec. The ELLIDA, Holtz, of and for Christiania [Oslo], from Drontheim, drove on shore at Aith Voe, ten miles South of this port, on the 25th Nov., and instantly broke up: crew drowned.
Source: LL, No. 15,806, London, Wednesday, December 7 1864.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10748).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 25 November 1864). Ellida: this vessel was lost at the entrance to Aithvoe [Aith Voe]. Capt. Holst.
Registration: Christiania [Oslo].
(Location of loss cited as N60 2.0 W1 12.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 July 2007.
Loss (25 November 1864)
Ellida: [max. date] 1864
Lost with all hands. Cargo of coal.
Archive Ref: SM p. 8; RSB
Source: Shetland Archive Service (undated)
MS/3025 (no. 653).
25 November 1864, ELIDA, 11 yrs old, schooner, 59 tons, 5 crew (supposed), departed Drontheim for Christiania [Oslo], in ballast (supposed), stranded, total loss, 5 lives lost, wind SE11, reef at entrance of Aithvoe, parish of Landwick, Shetland.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1864 (1865 [3529] L.439).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 2210).
Lerwick, 3rd Dec. The ELLIDA, Holtz, of and for Christiania [Oslo], from Drontheim, drove on shore at Aith Voe, ten miles South of this port, on the 25th Nov., and instantly broke up: crew drowned.
Source: LL, No. 15,806, London, Wednesday, December 7 1864.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10748).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 25 November 1864). Ellida: this vessel was lost at the entrance to Aithvoe [Aith Voe]. Capt. Holst.
Registration: Christiania [Oslo].
(Location of loss cited as N60 2.0 W1 12.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (5 July 2007)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 July 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 8840
Name : ELLIDA
Latitude : 600200
Longitude : 11200
Registration : CHRISTIANIA
Type : SCHOONER
Loss Day : 25
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1864
Comment : Lost at the entrance to Aithvoe. Capt. Holst
Cargo : COAL
