1983
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- Fair Isle North Lighthouse was automated.
- Shetland Amenity Trust was formed.
- While clearing unexploded ordnance Naval divers located an unidentified shipwreck in the vicinity of Little Holm, Yell Sound.
January
- 5th
Two Lerwick fishermen, aged 42 and 18, were washed overboard from their vessel, the Averella, and presumed drowned at a position approx four miles E of the Bard of Bressay while their vessel was returning to Lerwick Harbour in a Force 9 SE gale and heavy swell. Despite a search of the area by the Lerwick Lifeboat, HMS Jersey, the oil-related vessel Falderntor and the Lerwick fishing boat Andromeda for several hours on the evening of the incident, and again the following morning by HMS Jersey, no trace of the men was found.
April
May
- 18th
The Victory (1983), LK 231, of Skeld. A motor fishing vessel, sank 3 miles SW of the island of Vaila.
June
- 9th
General Election Jim Wallace, Liberal wins the seat vacated by Jo Grimond, Liberal, with a majority of 4,150.
