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[ste d' indica]

Went to Berrow beach on the Somerset coast yesterday and came across this remarkable thing:




Its the wreck of the Norwegian barque SS Nornen, ran aground in a storm in the 1890's.





Hard to appreciate the size looking at the wreck, but this is a typical 3 masted barque:





All crew and the dog were rescued by the Burnham lifeboat. The hull is visible at low tide and submerged otherwise. Quite a thing to see a century old wreck, and then be able to walk out and touch it.





You ever seen this @roydo ?

 

[roydo]

Went to Berrow beach on the Somerset coast yesterday and came across this remarkable thing:

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Its the wreck of the Norwegian barque SS Nornen, ran aground in a storm in the 1890's.


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Hard to appreciate the size looking at the wreck, but this is a typical 3 masted barque:


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All crew and the dog were rescued by the Burnham lifeboat. The hull is visible at low tide and submerged otherwise. Quite a thing to see a century old wreck, and then be able to walk out and touch it.


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You ever seen this @roydo ?

Yep, years ago. Its magic isnt it? I think the mud acts as some sort of preserving agent, iirc.

 

[ste d' indica]

Yep, years ago. Its magic isnt it? I think the mud acts as some sort of preserving agent, iirc.

Its fab so it is, we only went there as mrs d wanted a walk on the beach, we could see a couple of people walking out to something and as we got close woz like - "no way, its a bloody shipwreck!!"

 

[Charro]

Boss that

 

[roydo]

Its fab so it is, we only went there as mrs d wanted a walk on the beach, we could see a couple of people walking out to something and as we got close woz like - "no way, its a bloody shipwreck!!"

Remind me, is it near to Brean Down? (That massive headland, well it seemed massive when I was a lad!)

 

[ste d' indica]

Remind me, is it near to Brean Down? (That massive headland, well it seemed massive when I was a lad!)

Same area but a couple of miles up the beach, although you can clearly see the headland, and its still massive! lol

 

[roydo]

Same area but a couple of miles up the beach, although you can clearly see the headland, and its still massive! lol

You can find wild strawberries up there.

 

[summerisle]

You don't find this in the history books. lol

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[summerisle]

 

[Methuselah]

Be fair, it was probably about 3 days on horseback to get down there from London. lol

 

[Groucho]

Some things don’t change

 

[summerisle]

Top trolling : a flag used in the Civil War mocking the Earl of Essex's, 'marital problems'.

 

[summerisle]

An 1838 map by the Royal Geographical Society proposing the division of Australia into new states.

 

[summerisle]

The testimony of Abigail Williams from the Salem Witch trials of 1692.

 

[summerisle]

Something nasty from Ballachy, Scotland.