Curlew: North Sea
Revenue Cutter (18th Century)
Site Name Curlew: North Sea
Classification Revenue Cutter (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dunrossness; Atlantic; 'off Sumburgh Head'; Curlew
Canmore ID 240504
Site Number HU40NW 8007
NGR HU 42 05
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/240504
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HU40NW 8007 unlocated
NLO: Sumburgh Head [name: HU 406 076].
Location formerly entered as HU c. 40 07 [N59 51 W1 17].
Curlew: [max. date] 1796
Carried 18 guns. From Leith to Lerwick. Crew perished
Archive Ref: RSB
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 542.
Curlew: [max. date] 1796
18 guns. Kirkwall to Lerwick. Crew lost
Archive Ref: [nil cited]
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 544.
(Classified as revenue cutter: date of cargo cited as September 1796). Curlew: this vessel foundered off Sumburgh Head. Capt. Field. (July 1796?) Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N59 50.0 W1 15.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
It is unclear on which side of Sumburgh Head the loss occurred, and accordingly whether it should be assigned to the Atlantic or to the North Sea.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 March 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 8627
Name : CURLEW
Latitude : 595000
Longitude : 11500
Registration : BRITISH
Type : REVENUE CUTTER
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1796
Comment : Foundered off Sumburgh Head. Capt. Field (7/1796 ?)
