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Shipwreck of the SS Nornen on Brean Sands off Berrow

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Shipwreck of the SS Nornen on Brean Sands off Berrow
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Shipwreck of the SS Nornen on Brean Sands off Berrow is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
The SS *Nornen* was a Canadian steamship that ran aground on Brean Sands, near Berrow, Somerset, on 22 February 1916. It was en route from Quebec to Cardiff, carrying a cargo of iron ore, and was lost with no lives lost; its wreck remains a notable example of wartime shipping in the Bristol Channel.

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