1938
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- Jo Grimond married Laura Bonham-Carter, granddaughter of former prime minister H.H.Asquith
March
- 25th
Author and journalist Robert M. Greig dies in Lerwick
April
- 7th/8th
The Angus (H362), a steam fishing trawler, of Hull, England, foundered while under tow for Lerwick approx 3 miles W of Horse Holm/4 miles W of Sumburgh Head after having previously grounded near Foula.
May
- Daily air mail service to Shetland began for summer months.
June
- First succesful use of aircraft to spot herring shoals.
