1933
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- Lone Swedish voyager, Anna Cederblom, arrived in Lerwick from Bergen, Norway en route to Faroe, in her 14.5 foot decked, outboard motor propelled boat. Sadly she was lost on the return voyage. Pictures can be viewed here.
April
18th
- First aeroplane to land in Shetland lands at Sumburgh links, a de Havilland 'Moth' with four passengers.
May
- RNLI Lifeboat station at Aith established.
The first lifeboat was the KTJS, a Watson class, 45' 6" single petrol engined non-self-righting boat, built in 1926 by A. Saunders of Cowes, at a cost of £8330.
This boat had previously been the lifeboat at Longhope, Orkney. The name was made up of the initial letters of the surnames of the donors of the building cost.
August
- Charles Lindbergh and his wife arrived Lerwick in a seaplane during their survey of the North Atlantic air route.
September
- Britains largest flying-boat arrives in Lerwick.
