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Freedom: Hamnavoe, West Burra, Atlantic
Smack (20th Century)
Site Name Freedom: Hamnavoe, West Burra, Atlantic
Classification Smack (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lk 150; Hamna Voe; Freedom (Lk 150)
Canmore ID 242866
Site Number HU33NE 8010
NGR HU 37 75
NGR Description HU c. 37 35
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
HU33NE 8010 c. 37 35
N60 6 W1 20
NLO: Hamnavoe [name: HU 371 358].
Possibly on map sheet HU33SE.
Freedom: [max. date] 1903.
16 tons [gross]. Run down and sunk by the smack (ketch?) Granville of Lerwick. Crew saved.
Archive Ref: RSB
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 882.
(Classified as wooden smack, in ballast: registration number cited as LK 150, and date of loss as 3 July 1903). Freedom: this vessel was in collision and was sunk at Hamnavoe (Granville). Capt. Georgeson.
Registration: Trondra. 16 tons register. Length: 13m.
(Location of loss cited as N60 6.5 W1 20.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The latitude and longitude cited by Larn and Larn locate the loss at Hamnavoe, West Burra rather than Hamnavoe, Northmavine.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 May 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4824
Name : FREEDOM (LK 150)
Latitude : 600630
Longitude : 12000
Registration : TRONDRA
Type : SMACK (WOOD)
Tonnage : 16
Tonnage Code : R
Length : 13
Loss Day : 3
Loss Month : 7
Loss Year : 1903
Comment : Collision and sunk Hamnavoe (GRANVILLE). Capt. Georgeson
Cargo : BALLAST
