1923
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- Shetland Black, the famous Shetland potatoe, was added to the National Collection in 1923 but probably dates from Victorian times when there was a great deal of potato breeding using coloured varieties.
July
- 18th
100 herring drifters average 100 crans. - 19th
ss Jane (1923) wrecked on Linga, north of Fetlar.
August
- 9th
Bruce Hostel for girls opened.
October
- 10th
Wreckage reported sighted with Fair Isle South Lighthouse, at a position 70 degrees E 11 miles. The identity, source and fate of which remains unknown.
December
- 5th
General Election, Robert William Hamilton wins with a majority of 811
