
What is recorded here
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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Places near here
SS NornenWreck · 57 yd
ShipwreckShipwreck · 74 yd
Church of St MaryListed building · 926 yd
Berrow SandsBeach / strand · 1371 yd
The Berrow public houseOld home or work place · 1.1 mi
Brean BeachBeach · 2.1 mi
Signal 'sculpture', Burnham-on-SeaPublic sculpture · 2.9 mi
Monument, LympshamMonument or public art · 3.1 mi
Giles's CopseWood · 3.2 mi
Woodland on Brent KnollForest or wood · 3.3 mi
Apex ParkVisitor information · 3.4 mi
Brent Knoll hill fortCastle, fort or tower · 3.5 miOther information
Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0