Overview
Three Sisters: Atlantic is the exact Historic Environment Scotland record for the named schooner Three Sisters in Shetland Islands. The saved class and date wording are Schooner (19th Century). This safely identifies the vessel-loss record, but does not by itself prove the loss date, voyage, people, cargo, cause or final condition.
The vessel and voyage
The official record names the vessel as Three Sisters and classifies it as Schooner (19th Century). The saved information does not securely name its owners, departure point, destination or cargo.
How it was lost
The record ties Three Sisters to this saved point in Shetland Islands. Its broad class or period must not be turned into an exact loss date, and the saved row does not safely explain the weather, accident, attack or other cause.
Deaths and survival
No safe crew list, death total, survivor total or rescue account is contained in this saved record for Three Sisters. Those facts need another reliable source before they can be added.
What remains
The official record preserves a distinct place for Three Sisters, but this saved information does not say how much of the vessel survives, whether remains were recovered, or what can now be seen.
Why it mattered
Three Sisters matters here because a named schooner is tied to a particular Scottish coastal or sea location. Together with other losses, it shows the kinds of vessels using the waters around Shetland Islands; the exact named record also gives later research a firm starting point without inventing a fuller story.
History checked 16 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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