Alba

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The Danish barque Alba of Copenhagen, with a general cargo, was wrecked on the Flaeshens of Sandwick on 1st April 1884, in darkness.
Part of a deckhouse lodged on the rocks and this sheltered the four surviving members of the crew of 19 until they were rescued next morning in a hazardous operation by the Whalsay sixareen 'Mary', skippered by John Anderson.
The Danish authorities later awarded Anderson a silver medal which was subsequently donated to the Shetland Museum in 1980.
The sixareen was crewed by
John Anderson, skipper aged 36,
George Anderson (his brother) aged 44
John Stewart, aged 30,
William Bruce, aged 32,
Thomas Anderson, aged 18,
George Anderson (his brother) aged 23.