- Object name(s):
- photograph; print
- Brief description:
- photograph: colour print of wreck of SS Commodore - Sheringham beach
- Collection:
- Sheringham Museum
- Acquisition method:
- gift
- Associated place:
- Sheringham
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension value:
- 210 mm
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension value:
- 297 mm
- Material:
- card
- Object history note:
- More photographs in History File. Copy of painting in Sheringham Lifeboats by Mick Bensley p32/33 in Research Library.
- Object history note:
- SS Commodore was carrying coal from West Hartlepool when it ran aground in November 1896. The 'Henry Ramey Upcher' Lifeboat was launched and 14 lives were saved. The remains of the vessel are now buried under sand just west of Sheringham Lifeboat Station.
- Object history note:
- Detailed research into the SS Commodore and the rescue can be found in Information File.
- Object name:
- photograph; print
- Object number:
- SHMMT: 2023.39.2
- Object production note:
- photograph
- Object production place:
- Sheringham
- Physical description:
- colour photograph of the remains of the SS Commodore on Sheringham beach to the west of Lifeboat Station.
- Responsible department/section:
- object
- Technique:
- printed
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/213daacf-1fe0-36a2-8805-bc3c343d2ce2
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/213daacf-1fe0-36a2-8805-bc3c343d2ce2, Sheringham Museum, CC 0
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