Oulton: North Sea
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Oulton: North Sea
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cullisbro; Cullingsburgh; Bressay; Oulton
Canmore ID 262807
Site Number HU54SE 8003
NGR HU 55 42
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/262807
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HU54SE 8003 unlocated
NLO: Voe of Cullingsburgh [name centred HU 522 428]
Bressay [name centred HU 50 40].
Lerwick, 4th May. A head-board or quarter-board, has been picked up at Cullisbro' [Cullingsburgh], Bressay, marked 'OULTON', in yellow letters.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 13,448, London, Friday May 8 1857.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9378).
(No classification or cargo specified: date cited as 4 May 1857). Oulton: headboard and wreckage found on Bressay.
(Location of loss cited as N60 10.0 W1 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are arbitrary, being derived from the location that is cited by Whittaker for the discovery of wreckage. Cullingsburgh is not noted as such on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name has been applied to buildings and monuments recorded around HU 521 422.
The vessel presumably foundered offshore, possibly beyond Scottish waters. The date cited is presumably that of the recorded discovery of wreckage.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 August 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 9662
Name : OULTON
Latitude : 601000
Longitude : 10000
Loss Day : 4
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1857
Comment : Headboard and wreckage on Bressay.
