1853
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- Arthur Anderson formed the Union Steam Colliery Company in 1853, with himself as chairman and principal share-holder. The company was later renamed The Union Steam Ship Company.
April
- An unidentified fishing vessel capsized or foundered off Noness Head, at a position approx 3 miles S of Mousa. Three people perished.
