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Saucy Jack: Busta Voe, Atlantic
Cutter (19th Century)
Site Name Saucy Jack: Busta Voe, Atlantic
Classification Cutter (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lk 203; Saucy Jack (Lk 203)
Canmore ID 240438
Site Number HU36NE 8003
NGR HU 35 66
NGR Description HU c. 35 66
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
HU36NE 8003 c. 35 66
N60 23 W1 22
NLO: Busta Voe [name centred HU 35 66].
Possibly on map sheet HU36NW.
Not to be confused with HU36NE 8008.
Saucy Jack: [max. date] 1883
26 tons, built Southampton. Drove shore in gale. Unsure if wrecked. Crew saved
Archive Ref: HS; CE Register of SHipping 1837-1914; ST 20/10/1883 p. 2 col. 4; RSB
MS/3025, no. 840.
13 October 1883, SAUCY JACK, 38 yrs old, of Lerwick, wooden cutter, 26 tons, 4 crew, Master J. Laurenson, Owner J. Inkester, Bral, Shetland Isles, anchored at Busta Voe, Shetland Isles, in ballast, wind S10, stranded, total loss, Busta Voe, Shetland Isles.
Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1883-84 (1884-85 [C.4493] LXX.421).
SAUCY JACK. Glasgow, Oct. 20. During the recent gales the smack SAUCY JACK, of Lerwick, while lying off the harbour of South Brae (Shetland), parted from her anchors and was driven ashore on the beach. The crew were saved. The vessel has since become a total wreck.
Source, Casualties &c., LL, No. 21,678, London, Tuesday, October 23 1883.
NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 3419).
(Classified as wooden cutter, in ballast: registration number cited as LK 203, and date of loss as 13 October 1883). Saucy Jack: this vessel stranded from anchor in Busta Voe, Shetland. Capt. Laurenson.
Registration: Lerwick. Built 1845. 26grt. Length: 15m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N60 23.33 W1 21.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 March 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3435
Name : SAUCY JACK (LK 203)
Latitude : 602320
Longitude : 12100
Date Built : 1845
Registration : LERWICK
Type : CUTTER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 26
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 15
Beam : 4
Loss Day : 13
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1883
Comment : Stranded from anchor in Busta Voe, Shetland. Capt. Laurenson
Cargo : BALLAST
