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Shore Breeze

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NPRN273407
Map ReferenceSM80SW
Grid ReferenceSM8042102931
Unitary (Local) AuthorityMaritime
Old CountyMaritime
CommunityMaritime
Type Of SiteWRECK
PeriodModern
Description
The most prominent features of the wreck are the engine, boiler and propellor shaft. The full character of the archaeological remains is presently unknown.

Event and Historical Information:
The SHORE BREEZE was a wooden fishng vessel or steam drifter, registered at Lowestoft. At time of loss, the vessel was fishing out of Milford haven and was driven ashore on St Anns Head during a force 9 gale. The rocket lifesaving company attended the scene but the winds were too fierce to enable a line to be got onboard and all 10 crewmembers perished. A short time later, one of the crewmembers bodies was found on the cliff face where he had begun to climb to safety but had been prevented from reaching it by an overhanging rock.

Sources include:
BSAC Wreck Register Supplement Vol 7 -1, 47 (290)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
UK Hydrographic Office Wrecks and Obstructions Database. ? Crown Copyright and database rights. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the UK Hydrographic Office (www.ukho.gov.uk)

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, November 2008.