Shipwreck SS Nornen, Berrow Beach. UK. - Shipwrecks on Waymarking.com

Berrow beach is home to the shipwreck of the Norwegian barque SS Nornen, which ran aground on 3 March 1897. The ship was built in 1876 as the Maipu in Bordeaux, before being sold to S. C. Larson in Norway and renamed. She ran aground in a storm and most of the structure was removed for scrap.
The ship ran aground and when the mists cleared on the morning of March 3, the crippled ship was spotted just off Gore Sands, her sails blown to rags by the gale. Down the ramp to her aid went the Burnham lifeboat the John Godfrey Morris which had been on station at the town for the last ten years.
Launched down the rails on the jetty, the lifeboat with its crew of ten oarsmen battled through high seas and winds to the SS Nornen. Despite the gale, the lifeboat managed to get alongside the helpless ship, just as she was being driven onto the sands.
The ship’s crew of ten, together with their dog, were taken off by the lifeboat and landed safely at Burnham at three o’clock in the afternoon. The rescue is recorded on the honours board of rescues made by the three lifeboats at Burnham during the period from 1867 to 1930 and which today stands in the entrance to the Burnham RNLI Station.

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Date of Shipwreck: 3rd March 1897. Type of Boat: Sailboat Military or Civilian: Civilian. Cause of Shipwreck: Storm. Accessibility: The shipwreck easily accessible when the tides are out. Diving Permitted: Not Listed

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