Noah's Ark: Burrafirth, Unst, North Sea
Craft (16th Century)
Site Name Noah's Ark: Burrafirth, Unst, North Sea
Classification Craft (16th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Burra Firth; Noah's Ark
Canmore ID 239723
Site Number HP61SW 8009
NGR HP 617 139
NGR Description HP c. 617 139
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
HP61SW 8009 c. 617 139
N60 48.4 W0 51.7
NLO: Buddabrake [name: HP 619 142]
Burra Firth [name centred HP 620 162]
Burrafirth [name: HP 617 139].
Possibly on map sheet HP61NW.
Noah's Ark: [max. date] 1592
120 ft. fully laden. Run ashore by master owing to stress of weather. Ship and cargo appropriated by Wm. Mansone under order of Earl Patrick. Cargo of timber bound for Spain. Mansone only offered captain a nominal sum as payment.
Archive Ref: RSB; Archives SA 2/106 Shetlandic
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 217.
(Classified as ship, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as 1 October 1592). Noah's Ark: this vessel stranded at Burrafirth, Unst. Capt. Zacharis.
Registration: Danzig [Gdansk]. Length: 37m.
(Location of loss cited as N60 50.0 W0 52.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 March 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 8052
Name : NOAH'S ARK
Latitude : 605000
Longitude : 5200
Registration : DANZIG
Type : SHIP
Length : 37
Loss Day : 1
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1592
Comment : Stranded at Burrafirth, Unst. Capt. Zacharis
Cargo : TIMBER
