1834
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- the first Herring Boom begins
- In the year ending April 5, 1834:
- Lerwick had 790 boats,
3,364 fishermen & boys manning the boats,
78 coopers,
2,142 persons employed gutting, packing, repacking, cleaning & drying fish &
442 other labourers
for 6026 total employed & produced 22,600 barrels of herring. - Unst had 144 boats,
815 fishermen,
2 coopers,
290 gutters, etc.,
5 other labourers
for 1110 total & produced 3302 barrels. - Walls had 230 boats,
1,271 fishermen,
15 coopers,
279 gutters, etc.,
79 other labourers
for 1644 total and produced 4,060 barrels. - 36,855 barrels were reported overall for Shetland.
- Lerwick had 790 boats,
January
- 10th/11th
During a SE gale at least three vessels became casualties on Shetland. They were the St Nicolai, a schooner, laden with a mixed cargo, of and from St Petersburg, Russia, for Liverpool, England struck a skerry and drove ashore at Es Wick, Nesting. Two of the crew were saved, eight were lost. The Nestor, laden with a cargo of wheat, from Copenhagen, Denmark to Lisbon, Portugal which was in a very leaky condition, but it is understood the crew were saved, as possibly was the vessel and cargo. The Johanna.
March
- 6th or 8th
L'Etoile, a sail lugger, of France, from Dunkirk, France, for Iceland wrecked on Linga, Walls. All of the crew were saved.
October
- 7th
George Heneage Laurence Dundas, MP for Orkney and Shetland died.
