May Island

Funeral of two fishermen at Norwick, from S.T. MAY ISLAND, lost off Unst, 18th. Feb. 1936., having struck rocks on Lamba Ness, north of Norwick, in a severe South East gale. Only two bodies were found. On Sunday 26th. March at 2pm. the two seamen were laid to rest. The Rev. W. McCormack Myles, Methodist Church and Mr. James J. Miller, Church of Scotland took the service. At 3.30pm. a Memorial Service was held in Norwick Methodist Church.
Photo from Shetland Museum and Archives

The Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland registered steel hulled steam fishing trawler May Island (LH194) (formerly A. Spence MacDonald), 35.1 L x 6.73 B x 3.58 D metres, single boiler, 78hp, 195 Gross Tons or GRT, or 76.5 Gross Tons, built 1911 Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. Aberdeen, Scotland, owner T. H. Scales, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, Captain James Tarvit or Carvit, ten crew.

This vessel wrecked on the south side of Lamba Ness, Unst, possibly at a location known as Russa Geo, on 18th of February 1936 (one portion of the record states March 9th, but February 18th is believed correct), during S Force 7 wind conditions and in unknown circumstances. All the crew were lost.

The remains of the vessel, which essentially comprises her boiler and winch, lie among boulders close to the cliff bottom, near the centre of a name unrecorded "small bay" on the south side of Lamba Ness.