Elizabeth: Infield, Delting, North Sea
Sloop (19th Century)
Site Name Elizabeth: Infield, Delting, North Sea
Classification Sloop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mossbank; Firths Voe; Yell Sound; Elizabeth
Canmore ID 291212
Site Number HU47SE 8007
NGR HU 45 74
NGR Description HU c. 45 74
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
HU47SE 8007 c. 45 74
N60 27 W1 11
NLO: Yell Sound [name centred HU 40 89]
Mossbank [name: HU 450 753]
Firths Voe [name centred HU 449 741].
Possibly on map sheets or HU47SW.
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as October 1858). Elizabeth: this vessel was lost at Infield, Delting, Shetland.
Registration: Aberdeen. Built 1823. 26 tons burthern. Length: 12m. Beam: 4m.
(Location of loss cited as N60 0.0 W0 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The Broch of Infield (HU47SE 1) is at HU 4537 7472.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 November 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 16633
Name : ELIZABETH
Latitude : 600000
Longitude : 0
Date Built : 1823
Registration : ABERDEEN
Type : SLOOP
Tonnage : 26
Tonnage Code : B
Length : 12
Beam : 4
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1858
Comment : Lost at Infield, Delting, Shetland.
