1667
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- The two year old fort in Lerwick, (now Fort Charlotte), held off a Dutch attacking fleet.
- A vessel registered in Denmark, but otherwise unidentified, foundered or wrecked on or near Yell.
- The Coninck Davidth, a "ship" of Hamburg, Germany, wrecked or foundered at the Stead of Culswick before or during 1667.
May
- 27th
A note in the log book of the homebound Hamburg Greenland whaler St Maria: ... we passed Shetland in fair weather ... saw "uncountable thousands" of fresh herrings jumping out of the water all around us ...