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Pearl: North Sea
Dandy (20th Century)
Site Name Pearl: North Sea
Classification Dandy (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) M B Pearl; No Ness; Noness Head; Esha Ness; Northmavine; St Magnus Bay; Atlantic
Canmore ID 242892
Site Number HU51SW 8001
NGR HU 510 149
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/242892
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HU51SW 8001 unlocated
NLO: No Ness [name: HU 237 771]
St Magnus Bay [name centred HU 25 68]
Esha Ness [name centred HU 223 791].
Formerly entered as HU27SW 8001.
M. B. Pearl: [max. date] 1908
57 ft. Built of wood at Lowestoft.
Sank after collision with Comet Star of Banff BF 16. Crew saved.
Archive Ref: SN 20/3/1909 p. 4 col. 5;
MS/3025, no. 909.
(Classified as wooden dandy, in ballast: date of loss cited as 3 August 1908). Pearl: this vessel sank following a collision about 5 miles SE 1/2 S of Noness Head (Comet Star) [Capt.] Aitken.
Registration: Lerwick. Built 1892. 37grt. Length: 18m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N59 55.0 W1 5.5)..
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. An alternative location in or near St Magnus Bay (opening onto the Atlantic) was formerly suggested.
Noness or No Ness is presumably a contraction of North Ness, and is a place name fould in several locations around Shetland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 July 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 6154
Name : PEARL
Latitude : 595500
Longitude : 10530
Date Built : 1892
Registration : LERWICK
Type : DANDY (WOOD)
Tonnage : 37
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 18
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 3
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1908
Comment : Collision and sunk approx 5 miles SES of Noness Hd (COMET STAR). Aitken
Cargo : BALLAST
