Lessing

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Figurine from the Lessing, on display in the Shetland Museum.

The Lessing, an emigration ship bound for New York, from Bremerhaven, drove ashore in fog, during a gale, at Klavers Geo on Fair Isle, on the 18th of May 1868. Islanders received a bravery award for rescuing all 465 passengers and crew.