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Castor: Fugla Stack, West Burra, Atlantic
Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Castor: Fugla Stack, West Burra, Atlantic
Classification Steam Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Pg 142; 'north End Of Fugla Stack'; The Sweetie Wreck'; Castor (Pg 142)
Canmore ID 240234
Site Number HU33SE 8001
NGR HU 356 300
NGR Description HU c. 356 300
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/240234
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HU33SE 8001 c. 356 300
N60 3.2 W1 21.6
NLO: Fugla Stack [name: HU 356 299]
West Burra [name centred HU 365 325].
Possibly on map sheet HU32NE.
Castor: [max. date] 1910.
Built 1908. From Geestemunde to the Iceland fishing. Lost with all hands .
Archive Ref: SN 12/3/1910 p. 4 col. 5 & 19/2/1910 p. 4 col. 6; OH 16/3/1910 p. 4 col. 3; RSB
Source: Shetland Archive Service
MS/3025, no. 914.
(Date of loss cited as 17 February 1910, and registration number as PG 142: no location cited). The wreckage of this vessel can be located between two rocks at the N end of Fugla Stack (on the S part of West Burra). The winch, engines, propellor shaft and part of the stern gear remain identifiable on the rocky seabed at depths between 15 and 18m.
This vessel is known locally as the 'Sweetie Wreck' on account of the tins of peppermints that were washed up at the time of loss.
[Shetland Sub-Aqua Club] 1989.
(Classified as steel steamship, in ballast: registration number cited as PG 142, and date of loss as 14 February 1910). Castor: this steel vessel stranded on the N end of Fugla Stack, West Burra. (8/3/1910 on Burra?)
Registration: Geestemunde. Built 1908. 320nrt.
(Locattion of loss cited as N60 3.33 W1 21.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The date of loss that is cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is preferred.
The classification cited by Larn and Larn remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 July 2007.
The classification cited by Larn and Larn remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 July 2007.
Loss (14 February 1910)
Castor: [max. date] 1910.
Built 1908. From Geestemunde to the Iceland fishing. Lost with all hands .
Archive Ref: SN 12/3/1910 p. 4 col. 5 & 19/2/1910 p. 4 col. 6; OH 16/3/1910 p. 4 col. 3; RSB
Source: Shetland Archive Service
MS/3025, no. 914.
(Classified as steel steamship, in ballast: registration number cited as PG 142, and date of loss as 14 February 1910). Castor: this steel vessel stranded on the N end of Fugla Stack, West Burra. (8/3/1910 on Burra?)
Registration: Geestemunde. Built 1908. 320nrt.
(Locattion of loss cited as N60 3.33 W1 21.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (9 July 2007)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
The date of loss that is cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is preferred.
The classification cited by Larn and Larn remains unverified, but is accepted.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 July 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2724
Name : CASTOR (PG 142)
Latitude : 600320
Longitude : 12130
Date Built : 1908
Registration : GEESTEMUNDE
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 320
Tonnage Code : N
Loss Day : 14
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1910
Comment : Stranded N end of Fugla Stack, West Burra. (8/3/1910 on Burra ?)
Cargo : BALLAST
Evidence Of Loss
(Date of loss cited as 17 February 1910, and registration number as PG 142: no location cited). The wreckage of this vessel can be located between two rocks at the N end of Fugla Stack (on the S part of West Burra). The winch, engines, propellor shaft and part of the stern gear remain identifiable on the rocky seabed at depths between 15 and 18m.
This vessel is known locally as the 'Sweetie Wreck' on account of the tins of peppermints that were washed up at the time of loss.
[Shetland Sub-Aqua Club] 1989.
