1983
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- Fair Isle North Lighthouse was automated.
- Shetland Amenity Trust was formed.
- While clearing unexploded ordnance Naval divers located an unidentified shipwreck in the vicinity of Little Holm (Yell Sound).
April
May
- 18th
The Victory (1983), LK 231, of Skeld. A motor fishing vessel, sank 3 miles SW of the island of Vaila.
June
- 9th
General Election Jim Wallace, Liberal wins the seat vacated by Jo Grimond, Liberal, with a majority of 4,150.
