1747
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- John Halyburton elected as MP for Orkney & Shetland.
- An unidentified sailing smack, registered in Scotland and in passage from Hamburg, Germany to Shetland wrecked at Dunrossness, possibly at Virkie.
- The William and Robert, a topsail schooner belonging to Robert Hunter of Lunna, was captured and ransomed by the French.
