Stockholm: Stack Of Cambar, North Sea

Swedish East Indiaman (18th Century)

Site Name Stockholm: Stack Of Cambar, North Sea

Classification Swedish East Indiaman (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Braefield; Dunrossness; Clumlie; Bruce's Landing; Pund Bruci; Stockholm

Canmore ID 206784

Site Number HU41NW 8001

NGR HU 412 184

NGR Description HU c. 412 184

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

Archaeology Notes

HU41NW 8001 c. 412 184

N59 56.9 W1 15.7

NLO: Stack of Cambar [name: HU 412 184].

See also HU44SE 8010.

Stockholm: [max date] 12 Jan 1745

520 tons [grt] 28 guns

Crew saved location uncertain. May have come in about Rerwick or west of Dunrossness. Located and dived on. Large quantity of lead recovered at the time (1745)

Archive Ref: D.6/292/1 p. 30 D.6/292 p. 48/49

Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].

MS/3025, no. 11.

The Stockholm was wrecked near Braefield [name: HU 408 183] on Dunrossness in the storm that sank the Drottningen af Swerige (HU44SE 8010) but, unlike the latter vessel, remained visible above water. The wreck was the subject of salvage operations by William Elliott in 1745, being salvaged before the Drottningen on account of the evident threat of pilferage. 1275 (out of a recorded 1400) lead bars were removed from the wreck before salvage operations ceased in 1745, after which considerable insurance payments were made.

At the time of the wreck, the vessel was sailing to the East Indies under the command of Mathias Estbergen of the Swedish East India Company. The supercargoes were H Konig, N Heeg, G Beyer, H Urlander and C Kahre. The ship was built for the company at Clasons shipyard, Stockholm, and was of 260 laster (637 tons) deadweight. Her length, beam and 'depth' are recorded as 132.5 ft (40.4m), 28.5 ft (8.7m) and 16.5 ft (5.0m) respectively.The crew and armament are recorded as comprising 120 men and 28 guns.

J-C Joffre 1982 (NMRS, MS/829/41).

(Classified as 28-gun East Indiaman: date of loss cited as September 1744). Stockholm: this vessel was wrecked at Pund Bruci. Capt. Estbergen. (12 January 1745?) 520 tons [unspecified].

(Location of loss cited as N59 56.50 W1 15.33).

I G Whittaker 1998.

This wreck has not been found, and no artifacts from it are known to exist.

NMRS, MS/829/65.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Pund Bruci is not noted as such on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. Clumlie [name: HU 403 181] lies inland.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 May 2007.