Sirene brushed metal plaque

This brushed metal commemorative plaque records: Anchor This Anchor is from the three-masted sixty-seven ton Norwegian Brigantine 'Sirene’ It ran aground by the North Pier, Blackpool, on Sunday 9th October 1892 and was wrecked. The anchor was presented to Middleton Corporation in January 1893 by Mr. John Hulbert, whose firm dismantled the ship.

Sirene was a Norwegian Brigantine that met its end when it ran aground and was wrecked near Blackpool in 1892; its anchor later became a local landmark after being presented to Middleton Corporation.