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Unknown: Ve Skerries, Atlantic
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Ve Skerries, Atlantic
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Vee Skerries; 'west Side Of Shetland'; Papa Stour; Unknown 1883
Canmore ID 290648
Site Number HU16NW 8012
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 8012 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.
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as September 1883).Unknown: this British or American vessel was supposed [lost] on Vee [Ve] Skerries, Shetland. Wreckage [on] W side [of] Shetland.
(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.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3354
Name : UNKNOWN 1883
Latitude : 602230
Longitude : 14900
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1883
Comment : British or American vessel supposed on Vee Skerries. Wreckage W side Shetland
