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Unknown: North Sea
Buss(S) (18th Century)
Site Name Unknown: North Sea
Classification Buss(S) (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Between Fair Isle And Sumburgh'; Sumburgh Head
Canmore ID 288790
Site Number HY98NE 8002
NGR HY
NGR Description Unlocated
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HY98NE 8002 unlocated
NLO: Sumburgh Head [name: HU 407 078]
Fair Isle [name centred HZ 21 72].
Formerly entered as HU40NW 8010.
(Date of loss cited as 26 May 1794). About fifty Dutch busses were sunk between Fair Isle and Sumburgh by the Eglaite [Egalite] privateer. Registration: Dutch. [No name(s) cited].
(Location of loss cited as N59 40.0 W2 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The losses have have extended into the area designated as Maritime - Shetland Islands.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 May 2007.
