Unknown: Broonies Taing, Hos Wick, North Sea
Hulk (20th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Broonies Taing, Hos Wick, North Sea
Classification Hulk (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hoswick Bay; Bronies Taing; No Name
Canmore ID 242905
Site Number HU42SW 8021
NGR HU 416 235
NGR Description HU c. 416 235
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
HU42SW 8021 c. 416 235
N58 59.7 W1 15.3
NLO: Hos Wick [name centred HU 416 235]
Hoswick [name: HU 415 239].
Formerly classified as 'coal hulk' and barge.
(Classified as wooden coal hulk, in ballast: date of loss cited as 8 June 1913). No Name: this vessel was driven from mooring, and stranded at Broonies Taing, Shetland. Registration: Shetland.
(Location of loss cited as N59 59.0 W1 15.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Bronies [or Broonies] Taing is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:10,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 May 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4568
Name : NO NAME
Latitude : 595900
Longitude : 11500
Registration : SHETLAND *
Type : COAL HULK (WOOD)
Loss Day : 8
Loss Month : 6
Loss Year : 1913
Comment : Driven from mooring and stranded at Broonies Taing, Shetland.
Cargo : BALLAST