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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 39 SW 68 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Norfolk |
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Summary
MERCHANT BRIG, 1854
Monument Types
- WRECK (Post Medieval - 1854 AD to 1854 AD)
Full description
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Drove ashore in wind conditions SE force 10, after which the crew tried to save the vessel by throwing about 60 tons of cargo overboard. With increasing seas and no hope of saving the NORFOLK, the crew were compelled to abandon her. Crew: 6 Crew Lost: 0 Passengers: 0 Date of Loss Qualifier: A
<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.
<2> Board of Trade Casualty Returns, 1854, Page Nos. 85 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6357.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Board of Trade Casualty Returns. 1854, Page Nos. 85. |
