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The wreck of the Laura, Speeton Sands, Reighton

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The wreck of the Laura, Speeton Sands, Reighton
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The wreck of the Laura, Speeton Sands, Reighton is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
The *Laura* was a 19th-century wooden schooner wrecked in 1861 near Speeton Sands, Reighton, after running aground during a storm. It carried agricultural produce and general cargo; no lives were lost, and the wreck remains a notable example of coastal trade in the North Sea fishing and transport network of the period.

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