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Dryrhaug: Mousa, North Sea
Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)
Site Name Dryrhaug: Mousa, North Sea
Classification Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) M77ho; Dyrhaug; Muckle Bard; The Swarf; Dryrhaug (M77ho)
Canmore ID 241292
Site Number HU42SE 8012
NGR HU 470 238
NGR Description HU c. 470 238
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
HU42SE 8012 c. 470 238
N59 59.8 W1 9.4
NLO: Muckle Bard [name: HU 470 236]
Mousa [name centred HU 460 240].
See also HU42SE 8002.
Dyrhaug: [max. date] 1959.
Ran aground in fog. Lerwick lifeboat took off crew and any valuable gear
Archive Ref: ST 24/4/1959
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 1003.
(Classified as motor fishing vessel: registration number cited as M77HO, and date of loss as 16 April 1959). Dryrhaug: this vessel was stranded on Mousa 'at the same spot as the St Sunniva was lost'. Registration: Norwegian.
(Location of loss cited as N59 59.85 W1 9.4).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this loss is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 June 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 11296
Name : DRYRHAUG (M77HO)
Latitude : 595951
Longitude : 10924
Registration : NORWEGIAN
Type : MFV
Loss Day : 16
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1959
Comment : Stranded on Mousa at the same spot as ST SUNNIVA was lost.
