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Vlaardingen: Easter Skerries, Out Skerries, North Sea
Buss (18th Century)
Site Name Vlaardingen: Easter Skerries, Out Skerries, North Sea
Classification Buss (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) South Benelip; Buss Baa; Outer Skerries; Vlaardingen
Canmore ID 242392
Site Number HU66NE 8001
NGR HU 665 691
NGR Description HU c. 665 691
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
HU66NE 8001 c. 665 691
N60 24.1 W0 47.6
NLO: Easter Skerries [name: HU 665 691]
South Benelip [name: HU 665 693]
Out Skerries [name centred HU 68 71].
Vlaardingen: [max. date] 31 Dec 1701
Archive Ref: RSB
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 119.
(Classified as buss: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 1701). Vlaardingen: this vessel was wrecked on Easter Skerries, near the South Benelip, possibly at Buss Baa. Registration: Dutch.
(Location of loss cited as N60 24.0 W0 47.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Buss Baa is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 April 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 8543
Name : VLAARDINGEN
Latitude : 602400
Longitude : 4730
Registration : DUTCH
Type : BUSS
Loss Year : 1701
Comment : Wrecked on Easter Skerries, near the South Benelip, Skerries (Buss Baa?)
