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Name | Sirene |
Fate | Wrecked 9 October 1892 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 667 tons |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Barque |
Crew | 11 |
Sirene was a Norwegian barque that was wrecked against Blackpool's North Pier on 9 October 1892.
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Sirene was sailing from Fleetwood, Lancashire, England, to Florida in the United States when she was caught in a storm on 9 October 1892 and ended up wrecked alongside North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire. All eleven crew members jumped from the ship onto the pier and were saved. [1]