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Abana Wreck, Blackpool
On 22nd December, 1894, the Norwegian ship, Abana was sailing from Liverpool to Florida but was caught up in a storm and mistook the then recently built Blackpool Tower for a lighthouse. The Abana was first seen off North Pier but by the time the lifeboat, which had to be towed by horse from Blackpool to Bispham, had been launched it had drifted to Little Bispham where it was wrecked. The crew of 17 all survived including the ships dog and were taken to a public house in nearby Bispham where the Landlord ended up keeping the dog! The ship's bell still hangs in St Andrews Church in Cleveleys.
Abana Wreck, Blackpool
On 22nd December, 1894, the Norwegian ship, Abana was sailing from Liverpool to Florida but was caught up in a storm and mistook the then recently built Blackpool Tower for a lighthouse. The Abana was first seen off North Pier but by the time the lifeboat, which had to be towed by horse from Blackpool to Bispham, had been launched it had drifted to Little Bispham where it was wrecked. The crew of 17 all survived including the ships dog and were taken to a public house in nearby Bispham where the Landlord ended up keeping the dog! The ship's bell still hangs in St Andrews Church in Cleveleys.