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Listed building outline: Memorial To Norwegian Sailors On North Side Of Embleton Cemetery 1041818

Memorial To Norwegian Sailors On North Side Of Embleton Cemetery 1041818

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entry-date: 2013-01-29
listed-building: 1041818
name: Memorial To Norwegian Sailors On North Side Of Embleton Cemetery
notes: NU 22 SW CRASTER SPITALFORD 3/53 Memorial to Norwegian sailors on north side of Embleton Cemetery II Headstone, 1917. Cut sandstone. Arched stone with cable-moulded edge and anchor in vesica-shaped top panel. Inscription, partly worn away: IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED FROM EXPOSURE IN AN OPEN BOAT, WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM THE DEFENCELESS NORWEGIAN STEAMER POLLUX TORPEDOED BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE 40 MILES EAST OF ABERDEEN. THE BOAT REACHED SADDLE ROCKS DUNSTANBOROUGH, 22ND MARCH 1917, AFTER HAVING BEEN AT SEA FOUR DAYS SVERRE HENRIKSEN HOPEN, BERGEN; MARINUS LARSEN, TROMSO: GEORGE RASMUSSEN, DENMARK: OLAF ERIKSEN, CHRISTIANA: LUDVIG OTTEM, BERGEN: GEORG JOHS JOHANNSEN, LARVIK: ONE ..... EREC .... ..SHIP CO. THE OWNER OF THE S/S POLLUX Included for historical interest. ,
reference: 1041818
start-date: 1988-09-01
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