1995

Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia

• The Shetland News website was launched by The Shetland News Agency

January

• The Green Valley, a British registered steel hulled motor fishing vessel, developed a leak and subsequently sank at a position approx 30 miles east of Whalsay.
• 31st
  Guizer Jarl Peter Leask watches on as the galley burns on Up Helly-Aa.

March

• Muckle Flugga Lighthouse was fully automated.

May

• 6th
  Vidlin Marina was opened.

October

• 9th
  A turtle is spotted in the sea north-west of Yell. See here for more detail.

December

• Da big snaa.
  Biggest snowfall since 1955, and a reminder of what Shetland winters used to be. Blizzards on 24th and 25th blocked most roads and brought down power lines.

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