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Nor: Ve Skerries, Atlantic
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Nor: Ve Skerries, Atlantic
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Papa Stour; Vee Skerries; Nor
Canmore ID 239817
Site Number HU16NW 8003
NGR HU 10 65
NGR Description HU c. 10 65
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
HU16NW 8003 c. 10 65
N60 22 W1 49
NLO: Ve Skerries [name centred HU 10 65]
Papa Stour [name centred HU 16 60].
Possibly on map sheet or HU16SW.
Not to be confused with HU16NW 8011 or HU55NW 8001.
Supposed 3 January 1892. NOR. 41 years, of Norway. Wood barque. 330 ton. 8 men. Owner F.A. Christiansen, Laurvig, Norway. Laurvig to Belfast. Timber. 8 dead. Wind NW10. Vee Skerries, off Papa Stour, Shetland.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1891-92 (1893-94 [C.7069] LXXX.711).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1381).
(Classified as wooden barque, with cargo of timber: date of loss cited as 3 January 1892). Nor: this vessel was stranded on Vee [Ve] Skerries; wreckage was found on Papa Stour.
Registration: Arendal. Built 1851. 330 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N60 22.5 W1 49.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location and map sheet assigned to this record are essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 March 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4367
Name : NOR
Latitude : 602230
Longitude : 14900
Date Built : 1851
Registration : ARENDAL
Type : BARQUE (WOOD)
Tonnage : 330
Loss Day : 3
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1892
Comment : Stranded Vee Skerries, wreckage at Papa Stour.
Cargo : TIMBER
