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Sovereign: Aith Voe, North Sea
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Sovereign: Aith Voe, North Sea
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lk 2649; 'entrance To Aith Voe'; Aiths Voe; Aithvoe; Sovereign (Lk 2649)
Canmore ID 239275
Site Number HU42NW 8016
NGR HU 439 282
NGR Description HU c. 439 282
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
HU42NW 8016 c. 439 282
N60 2.2 W1 12.7
NLO: Aith Voe [name centred HU 438 284].
Sovereign: [max. date] 1886
Missed stays in Aithsvoe, total wreck. From Aithsvoe to Lerwick with general cargo
Archive Ref: GD 144; RSB
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated]
MS/3025, no. 817.
(Classified as Packet [no rig cited]: no cargo specified, but registration number cited as LK 2649, and date of loss as September 1886). Sovereign: this vessel was wrecked at the entrance to Aith Voe. Capt. Malcolms.
Registration: Lerwick. Length: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N60 2.17 W1 12.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 August 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5055
Name : SOVEREIGN (LK 2649)
Latitude : 600210
Longitude : 11230
Registration : LERWICK
Type : PACKET
Length : 5
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1886
Comment : Wrecked at the entrance to Aith Voe. Capt. Malcolms
Cargo : GENERAL
