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Florence: Leven Wick, North Sea
Dandy (20th Century)
Site Name Florence: Leven Wick, North Sea
Classification Dandy (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lk 797; Levenwick; 'levenwick Bay, West Side'; Levenwich Bay; Florence (Lk 797)
Canmore ID 241284
Site Number HU42SW 8016
NGR HU 412 215
NGR Description HU c. 412 215
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 8016 c. 412 215
N59 58.6 W1 15.7
NLO: Levenwick [name: HU 408 214]
Leven Wick [name centred HU 412 215].
Florence: [max. date] 1901.
Crew ashore
Archive Ref: ST 6/4/1901 p. 4 col. 5; RSB
MS/3025, no. 874.
(Classified as wooden dandy, in ballast: but registration number cited as LK 797, and date of loss as 30 March 1901). Florence: this vessel was driven from moorings and stranded on the W side of Levenwick Bay [Leven Wick]. Capt. Sinclair.
Registration: walls. Built 1894. 31 tons register. Length: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N59 58.75 W1 15.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location of loss assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 June 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4646
Name : FLORENCE (LK 797)
Latitude : 595845
Longitude : 11545
Date Built : 1894
Registration : WALLS
Type : DANDY (WOOD)
Tonnage : 31
Tonnage Code : R
Length : 5
Loss Day : 30
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1901
Comment : Driven from mooring and stranded west side of Levenwick Bay. Capt. Sinclair
Cargo : BALLAST
