Borodinskoye Polye: Unicorn Baa, North Sea

HU45SE 8017 c. 47 50

N60 14 W1 9

NLO: Bressay [name centred HU 50 40]

Bressay Sound [name centred HU 485 415]

Lerwick [name: HU 475 415].

Formerly entered in error as HU44SE 8068 at cited location HU c. 473 417 [N60 9.5 W1 8.9].

Possibly on map sheet HU44NE.

(Classified as 'MV fish factory': date of loss cited as 17 November 1993). Borodinskoe Polye: this vessel stranded on Unicorn Baa and was subsequently wrecked.

Registration: Kaliningrad. Built 1982. 3147grt. Length: 103m. Beam: 15m.

(Location of loss cited as N60 13.75 W1 8.6).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Larn and Larn, and falls within the area of Lerwick Harbour. Unicorn Baa is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.

The ill-defined area of Lerwick Harbour (HU44SE 32: centred HU 47722 41345) 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.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 May 2003.