The Wreck

Another sunset image from my recent few days holiday in Somerset.

This image is of the shipwreck of Norwegian barque SS Nornen which is located on Berrow beach near Burnham-on-sea.

 

I did not expect to see any colour from the sunset due to the heavy cloud cover but luckily there was a small clear area in the sky on the horizon which provided some colour to this dark dramatic image!

 

For those that are interested the SS Norman ran around in March 1897 when a howling south westerly gale swept up the Bristol Channel, bringing with it high seas, driving snow and sleet.

 

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. The Burnham lifeboat was launched 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

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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 which stands in the entrance to the Burnham RNLI Station.

 

Credits to - www.burnham-on-sea.com/berrow-wreck.shtml

 

If you fancy a visit to the wreck you need to make sure the tide is low and park at St Mary's Church at Berrow, just south of Brean, take the foot path to your left and walk across the golf course over the sand dunes on to the beach and the wreck will be seen in northerly direction on the beach.

 

0.8 seconds exposure using a Lee 0.6 ND grad filter.

 

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