1748
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- Clementina Bruce Stewart, wife of John Bruce Stewart, the fourth Laird of Symbister, died.
- An unidentified vessel is recorded as having been wrecked on the Ve Skerries.
- An unidentified vessel laden with a cargo of fish, registered in The Netherlands, is recorded as having wrecked on "Vaila Head". No such location is known to exist, and any one of a number of locations around the coast of the Isle of Vaila are probably strong possibilities for the location.
May
- 14th
John Gifford, eldest son of Thomas Gifford and heir to Busta House, along with his three brothers, a tutor, and the boatman. Were lost at sea while crossing the voe to Wethersta.
September
- The Two Brothers, is recorded as having "stranded" in Bressay Sound.
- 18th
The Christiansand, of Denmark, laden with a cargo of timber, wrecked in the Bay of Quendale. - 30th
An unidentified vessel, registered in The Netherlands, laden with a cargo of fish, wrecked on the Ness of Ireland, Bigton. - 30th
The William & Robert, a topsail schooner commanded by James Calder and laden with 2,492 ling and 385 cod bound for Hamburg, was run ashore in a gale at Donald's Gio, Saltness, Whalsay. The crew survived. The wreck was bought at auction for £19 sterling by Baillie Andrew Horrie, the salvagers receiving £17 and the owner Robert Hunter of Lunna but £2.
