Julia: Peerie Oa Stack, Tower Of Ward Hill, Fair Isle, Atlantic
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Julia: Peerie Oa Stack, Tower Of Ward Hill, Fair Isle, Atlantic
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Tower O'ward Hill; Perrie Oe Stack; Ward Hill; Julia
Canmore ID 242485
Site Number HZ27SW 8031
NGR HZ 205 734
NGR Description HZ c. 205 734
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
HZ27SW 8031 c. 205 734
N59 32.8 W1 38.2
NLO: Tower of Ward Hill [name: HZ 205 734]
Fair Isle [name centred HZ 21 72].
Julia: [max. date] 1879
229 tons regd. Built of wood in 1862. From Greenock to Kronstadt, hit Peerie Oe stack in thick fog. Crew jumped off and were rescued after 24 hours
Archive Ref: WFI; RSB
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 725.
(Classified as wooden barque, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 14 August 1879). Julia: this vessel stranded on Perrie Oe Stack, at the NE end of Fair Isle. Capt. Anthonissen.
Registration: Drammen. Built 1848. 229 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N59 33.42 W1 36.58).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Peerie Oa or Perrie Oe Stack is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 May 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 405
Name : JULIA
Latitude : 593325
Longitude : 13635
Date Built : 1848
Registration : DRAMMEN
Type : BARQUE (WOOD)
Tonnage : 229
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 14
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1879
Comment : Stranded on Perrie Oe Stack, NE end of Fair Isle. Capt. Anthonissen
Cargo : COAL
