Neptunus: Gulber Wick, North Sea
Galleon (19th Century)
Site Name Neptunus: Gulber Wick, North Sea
Classification Galleon (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Gulberwick Bay; Neptunus
Canmore ID 241478
Site Number HU43NW 8007
NGR HU 44 38
NGR Description HU c. 44 38
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
HU43NW 8007 c. 44 38
N60 7 W1 12
NLO: Gulber Wick [name centred HU 447 381]
Gulberwick [name: HU 436 386].
Possibly on map sheet HU43NE.
Neptunus: [max. date] 1804
Crew perished
Archive Ref: HS; RSB
Source: Shetland Archive Service [undated].
MS/3025, no. 493.
(Classified as galleon: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 1 November 1804). Neptunus: this vessel was lost at Gulberwick. Registration: Dutch.
(Location of loss cited as N60 7.5 W1 12.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 July 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 17279
Name : NEPTUNUS
Latitude : 600730
Longitude : 11200
Registration : DUTCH
Type : GALLEON
Loss Day : 1
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1804
Comment : Lost at Gulberwick.