Accessibility

Font Size

100% 150% 200%

Background Colour

Default Contrast
Close Reset

Scheduled Maintenance


Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates: •

Every Thursday from 17th October until 7th November from 11:00 to 15:00 •

Tuesday, 22nd October from 11:00 to 15:00

During these times, some services may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Loch Ryan: States, North Sea

Craft (19th Century)

Site Name Loch Ryan: States, North Sea

Classification Craft (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 'Near Lerwick'; Atlantic; Bressay Sound; Lerwick Harbour

Canmore ID 270020

Site Number HU44SE 8085

NGR HU

NGR Description Unlocated

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270020

Collections

Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

HU44SE 8085 unlocated

NLO: Lerwick [name: HU 475 415].

Not to be confused with ND16NE 8008.

Kirkwall, Nov. 24, LOCH RYAN has been wrecked at States, near Lerwick. The crew were on board the ST. CLAIR, from Lerwick, which called here today.

Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 21,087, London, Monday November 28 1881.

NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5281).

The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary. The location of States cannot be established from the available map evidence. Lerwick being presumably the place of report, the vessel was probably wrecked on the North Sea coast of the islands, either within Bressay Sound (which essentially forms Lerwick Harbour) or on the North Sea coast, but the possibility of a loss on the Atlantic coast cannot be excluded.

The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 January 2005.

References

MyCanmore Image Contributions


Contribute an Image

MyCanmore Text Contributions