1868

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February

  • 27th
    Arthur Anderson, founder of Anderson Educational Institute, MP for Orkney and Shetland, died.
  • Henry Cheyne of Tangwick, the fifth Laird Cheyne of Tangwick, died.

May

  • 18th
    The German barque Lessing left Bremerhaven for her maiden voyage to New York. The Lessing wrecked on the east coast of Fair Isle at Klavers Geo in a foggy night five days later. All 465 passengers and crew (among them 69 youth and 27 babies) were safely brought ashore with the help of local fishermen.

October

  • 16th
    Steamer service to the the North Isles of Shetland started.
  • 29th
    The nameboard of a vessel, the Mayflower, registered in Newcastle, England, reported washed ashore at Maywick, Dunrossness. The fate of this vessel is otherwise unknown.
1867 - 1869
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