Aurora: Sand Wick, North Sea
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Aurora: Sand Wick, North Sea
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bay Of Sandwick; Sandwick Bay; Aurora
Canmore ID 241268
Site Number HU42SW 8008
NGR HU 433 236
NGR Description HU c. 433 236
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
HU42SW 8008 c. 433 236
N59 59.7 W1 13.4
NLO: Sandwick [name: HU 434 237]
Sand Wick [name centred HU 433 236].
Aurora: [max. date] 1835
Came ashore waterlogged from Dublin to Barth in ballast, crew saved
Archive Ref: HS; RSB
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 397.
(Classified as brig, in ballast: date of loss cited as September 1835). Aurora: this vessel stranded at Sandwick Bay.
Registration: Barth. 300 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N59 59.5 W1 13.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Sandwick Bay or Bay of Sandwick is presumably to be equated with the deep indentation of Sand Wick.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 June 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 17406
Name : AURORA
Latitude : 595930
Longitude : 11330
Registration : BARTH
Type : BRIG
Tonnage : 300
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1835
Comment : Stranded at Sandwick Bay.
Cargo : BALLAST
