1640
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- Kurt Lemkin and / or Kurt Warnekind, both hanseatic merchants from Hamburg, are known for trading around Symbister / Whalsay. According to local tradition the "Kurt Stane" a rock in North Voe is named after one of them.
- The Dutch East Indiaman Pijlswaart (Alternative:Pilswaard) lost off Fair Isle.
- The Dutch East Indiaman Wapen Van Alkmaar (Alternative:Alkmaar) lost off Fair Isle.
- The Dutch East Indiaman Capelle lost off Fair Isle.
- The Dutch East Indiaman Het Land Von Schouwen (Alternative:Hetland Von Schouwen) lost off Fair Isle.
- There is no clear evidence that they afore mentioned Dutch East Indiamen got lost on the same day as the Reiger.
June
5th
The Dutch East Indiaman Reiger (Alternative(s):De Reiger; De Dieger) was lost in 'Lerwick, Bressay Sound' (Location of loss cited as N60 8.0 W1 7.0). A matching vessel found at West shore Bressay in 1922.
