Around the UK - The remains of the SS Abana on Blackpool beach.
The Abana set sail from Liverpool to Savello in Florida, loaded with a 500 tonne cargo of ballast to be unload for timber. Unfortunately, she was caught in a storm in the Irish Sea on 22nd December 1894, then later spotted at 3pm drifting in a northwesterly direction with her sails torn to shreds. The crew mistook Blackpool Tower for a lighthouse. The ship was first spotted floundering at North Pier, and ended up drifting north to be wrecked off Little Bispham at 5pm. The Abana crew of 17 were all taken on board the lifeboat, along with its own crew of 16, plus the ships dog which belonged to Captain Danielson
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Location: Anchorsholme,Blackpoo, Lancashire, UK
Photo credit: © Terry Dean / Alamy / Afripics
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