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Unknown: Ve Skerries, Atlantic
Barque (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Ve Skerries, Atlantic
Classification Barque (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Vee Skerries; Papa Stour
Canmore ID 290642
Site Number HU16NW 8010
NGR HU 10 65
NGR Description HU c. 10 65
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
HU16NW 8010 c. 10 65
N60 22 W1 49
NLO: Ve Skerries [name centred HU 10 65]
Papa Stour [name centred HU 16 60].
Possibly on map sheet or HU16SW.
[Tentative equation: record received incomplete]: [max. date] 1880
Vessel observed in difficulty off Papa Stour with mizzen mast gone and flying distress signals. No trace next day. Captain Sinnot of the Dolores thought ships lights were stationary Archive Ref: ST 6/11/1880
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated]
MS/3025 (no. 714).
(Classified as barque: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 30 October 1880). Unknown: this vessel was presumed wrecked on Vee [Ve] Skerries.
(location of loss cited as N60 22.5 W1 49.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location and map sheet assigned to this record are essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 September 2007.
