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Name | Erik Borresen |
Owner | Erik Børresen |
Builder | Erik Børresen |
Out of service | 16 November 1849 |
Fate | wrecked on De Westen , Texel, the Netherlands on 16 November 1849 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Brig |
Erik Borresen was a 19th-century Norwegian brig. The captain of the ship was captain J. C. Hesselberg. On 16 November 1849 the ship wrecked on De Westen , Texel, the Netherlands, drowning all ten people onboard. [1] [2]
The ship was built, owned and named after Erik Børresen (1785–1860).
While on a voyage from Drammen, Norway to Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a load of wood, the ship disappeared in during the late evening of 16 November 1849 and wrecked on De Westen , Texel, the Netherlands. All ten people on board drowned. [3] The ship and its cargo was salvaged. [4] [5] In the morning of 19 November 1849, the bodies of the captain J. C. Hesselberg and the carpenter washed up on the beach. Items also washed ashore, such as a mirror with the name "Leuntje" and a painted nameplate of "Arthur". [6] In the later days more items were found including a ship's boat with the name Henry Towner on the back, a mast, a water barrel and many (large) pieces of wood. A call was made in the newspaper for the owner to come forward. [7] Texel beachcombers were accused of 'an insatiable appetite for plunder'. [5] [8]
History | |
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Name | Erik Borresen |
Owner | Erik Børresen |
Builder | Erik Børresen |
Out of service | 16 November 1849 |
Fate | wrecked on De Westen , Texel, the Netherlands on 16 November 1849 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Brig |
Erik Borresen was a 19th-century Norwegian brig. The captain of the ship was captain J. C. Hesselberg. On 16 November 1849 the ship wrecked on De Westen , Texel, the Netherlands, drowning all ten people onboard. [1] [2]
The ship was built, owned and named after Erik Børresen (1785–1860).
While on a voyage from Drammen, Norway to Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a load of wood, the ship disappeared in during the late evening of 16 November 1849 and wrecked on De Westen , Texel, the Netherlands. All ten people on board drowned. [3] The ship and its cargo was salvaged. [4] [5] In the morning of 19 November 1849, the bodies of the captain J. C. Hesselberg and the carpenter washed up on the beach. Items also washed ashore, such as a mirror with the name "Leuntje" and a painted nameplate of "Arthur". [6] In the later days more items were found including a ship's boat with the name Henry Towner on the back, a mast, a water barrel and many (large) pieces of wood. A call was made in the newspaper for the owner to come forward. [7] Texel beachcombers were accused of 'an insatiable appetite for plunder'. [5] [8]