1800
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- Author Catherine Sinclair, daughter of Sir John Sinclair, was born.
- Grobsness Haa, Delting was built.
- An unidentified vessel, laden with a cargo of bricks is recorded as having wrecked on the Baa of Fladdabister c. 1800. This location cannot be readily identified and may be a mis-spelling of Bay of Fladdabister.
January
- The Friends, a brigantine of Faversham, Kent, England wrecked on Mousa. The crew were saved, but only with great difficulty.
- 1st
The Inga, a full rigged ship laden with a cargo of timber, from Trondheim, Norway, and for Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland, wrecked at Fugla Geo on the NW coast of Yell with the loss of all on board. - 6th
The vessel Mary and Elizabeth, of Shields, England stranded at Uyeasound, Unst. - 10th
The Polly, in ballast, of Dover, England, and from Yarmouth, England wrecked at one of the two locations known as Seli Geo, Bressay. One soul was lost. - 13th
The Sally, a sail barque in ballast, of Whitby, England, from Yarmouth, England, for London, England, having been driven north by a gale, wrecked in Millburn Geo on the east side of Bressay. The Captain and eight crew were saved, but the Captain's wife and child who were passengers, and a further five crew were lost. - 23rd
The Columbus, a full rigged ship with mixed grain etc cargo, of and from Danzig (now Gdansk), Poland for Liverpool, England wrecked on Trondra.
February
- 11th
A boat sailing from Scalloway to Sandness was lost near the Point of Watsness. All 8 men onboard were drowned. Thomas Reid, Garth, Magnus Eunson, Garth, Thomas Thomson, Knockhall, James Fraser, Bousta, Henry Abernethy, Bousta, John Williamson, Bousta, Henry Isbister, Mires, John Thomson, Bousta.
September
- 26th
The 18 gun Royal Navy sloop Hound, commanded by W. Jas. Turquand, wrecked near Shetland, crew perished.
October
- The Mary, a full rigged ship, laden with a cargo of wheat, of London, England and from Danzig (now Gdansk), Poland wrecked at Cullivoe, Yell. All of the crew were saved.
- 31st
The Martin, a 16 gun sail sloop, of London, England, wrecked, believed foundered at an unidentified location in the vicinity of Shetland.
December
- 19th
The Elizabeth, a Danish East Indiaman, for St Croix and St Thomas wrecked on the Flaeshens of the Rumble, Whalsay with the loss of all hands.
