Lady Cockburn: Walls, Vaila Sound, Atlantic
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Lady Cockburn: Walls, Vaila Sound, Atlantic
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lady Cockburn
Canmore ID 239873
Site Number HU24NW 8009
NGR HU 241 493
NGR Description HU c. 241 493
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
HU24NW 8009 c. 241 493
N60 13.7 W1 33.9
NLO: Walls [name: HU 241 493]
Linga [name: HU 239 480]
Vaila [name centred HU 230 465]
Vaila Sound [name centred HU 235 475].
Lady Cockburn: [max. date] c.18 [received incomplete]
23.04 tons [gross]. Driven from her anchors at Walls and wrecked
Archive Ref: HS; RSB
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 738.
(Classified as wooden smack: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 1877). Lady Cockburn: this vessel was driven from anchor, and is now a wreck. Capt. Nicholson. Near Walls? Circa 1877?
Registration: Lerwick. Built 1877. 34grt. Length: 16m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N60 14.0 W1 34.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Vaila Sound separates the island of Vaila (to the S) from the Walls peninsula (to the N). The vessel presumably stranded on the N shore.
The classification cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 March 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 16861
Name : LADY COCKBURN
Latitude : 601400
Longitude : 13400
Date Built : 1877
Registration : LERWICK
Type : SMACK (WOOD)
Tonnage : 34
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 16
Beam : 5
Loss Year : 1877
Comment : Driven from anchor and now a wreck. Capt. Nicholson. Near Walls? Circa-1877?
