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Illeri: Ve Skerries, Atlantic
Brigantine (20th Century)
Site Name Illeri: Ve Skerries, Atlantic
Classification Brigantine (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Papa Stour; 'vee Skerries, Ne End'; Illeri
Canmore ID 239831
Site Number HU16NW 8004
NGR HU 10 65
NGR Description HU c. 10 65
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/239831
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HU16NW 8004 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.
Illeri: [max. date] 1909
236/219 tons registered. Built Sandefjord 1878. Went aground in thick fog. Crew reached shore in ship's boat at Olnafirth. Faroe for Leith in ballast
Archive Ref: OH 19/5/1909 p. 4 col. 4; D.6/292/15 p. 85; SN 15/5/1909 p. 4 col. 4; RSB
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated]
MS/3025, no. 912.
(Classified as wooden brig, in ballast: date of loss cited as 9 May 1909). Illeri: this vessel stranded at the NE end of the Vee Skerries.
Registration: Sandefjord. Built 1878. 236grt. Length: 33m. Beam: 8m.
(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 : 6158
Name : ILLERI
Latitude : 602230
Longitude : 14900
Date Built : 1878
Registration : SANDEFJORD
Type : BRIG (WOOD)
Tonnage : 236
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 33
Beam : 8
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 9
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1909
Comment : Stranded NE end of Vee Skerries
Cargo : BALLAST
