Holy Island Shipwrecks

Sea Beauty

THE SEA BELLE

Foundered: 1883
Tonnage: 100 tonnes (approx) Cargo: Pit Props
From: Nairn Bound: Sunderland
Number of Hands: 2 Number Saved: 2
Comment: The Sea Belle ran aground on the Goswick sands in a storm. Though she was wrecked totally some of her ribs and keel are still to be seen at low tide firmly bedded in the sand.

(Information supplied by Islander and local naval historian Mr.E.Douglas)

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Included: July 1999

THE SEA BELLE
Foundered:	1883
Tonnage:	100 tonnes (approx)	Cargo:	Pit Props
From:	Nairn	Bound:	Sunderland
Number of Hands:	2	Number Saved:	2
Comment:	The Sea Belle ran aground on the Goswick sands in a storm. Though she was wrecked totally some of her ribs and keel are still to be seen at low tide firmly bedded in the sand.
(Information supplied by Islander and local naval historian Mr.E.Douglas) *To Enable Further Research and Publication*