Fairy: Lerwick, Bressay Sound
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Fairy: Lerwick, Bressay Sound
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lerwick Harbour; North Sea
Canmore ID 242611
Site Number HU44SE 8049
NGR HU 47 41
NGR Description HU c. 47 41
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
HU44SE 8049 c. 47 41
N60 9 W1 9
NLO: Bressay [name centred HU 50 40]
Bressay Sound [name centred HU 485 415]
Lerwick [name: HU 475 415].
26 November 1852, FAIRY, schooner, 150 ton, 10 men, Aberdeen to Lerwick, general cargo, wind SSE force 12, cloudy, place - Lerwick. Stranded at, owing to the storm being so violent that her anchors would not hold. Parrot = Master. Lloyds Agent.
Source: PP Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of the UK 1852 (1852-53 (983) LXI.1).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 383).
The location that is assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, but falls within the ill-defined area of Lerwick Harbour (HU44SE 32: centred HU 47722 41345). This takes the form of an extensive roadstead which comprises the waters of Bressay Sound between the narrow Northern entrance (around HU 475 445) and the broader Southern entrance (around HU 483 400). The main facilities are to be found around HU 477 414, on the W side of the Sound; recent development extends Northwards from this point.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 August 2003.
