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Unknown: Vementry, Atlantic
Whaler (18th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Vementry, Atlantic
Classification Whaler (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Unknown 1779
Canmore ID 290726
Site Number HU26SE 8004
NGR HU 29 60
NGR Description HU c. 29 60
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/290726
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HU26SE 8004 c. 29 60
N60 19 W1 28
NLO: Vementry [name centred HU 29 60].
Possibly on map sheet HU25NE, or HU36SW.
(Classified as whaler: date of loss cited as December 1779). Unknown: this vessel was lost at Vementry(?).
Registration: Dutch.
(Location of loss cited as N60 19.5 W1 28.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 September 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 17601
Name : UNKNOWN 1779
Latitude : 601930
Longitude : 12830
Registration : DUTCH
Type : WHALER
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1779
Comment : Lost at Vementry(?).
