Turquoise: Ve Skerries, Atlantic
Cutter (19th Century)
Site Name Turquoise: Ve Skerries, Atlantic
Classification Cutter (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lk 29; Papa Stour; Vee Skerries; Sandness; Turquoise (Lk 29)
Canmore ID 239832
Site Number HU16NW 8005
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 8005 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.
Turqouise: [max. date] 1873
Returning from Faroe [Faeroe] fishing ground. Crew perished
Archive Ref: HS; RSB
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 764.
(Classified as wooden cutter: no cargo specified, but registration number cited as LK 29, and date of loss as 2 October 1872). Turquoise: this vessel was wrecked on Vee [Ve] Skerries, Sandness. (1873?)
Registration: Lerwick. Built 1833. 50grt. Length: 19m. Beam: 5m.
(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 : 5200
Name : TURQUOISE (LK 29)
Latitude : 602230
Longitude : 14900
Date Built : 1833
Registration : LERWICK
Type : CUTTER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 50
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 19
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 2
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1872
Comment : Wrecked on Vee Skerries, Sandness. (1873?)
