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Tordenskjold
Hob Uid: 1382793
Location : City of Bristol Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : ST4739080630
Summary : 1900 wreck of Norwegian barque which stranded on the Welsh Hook after departing Newport for Luanda with coal. Built in 1867, she was a wooden sailing vessel. See ST 48 SE 6 and ST 48 SE 8 for the other Norwegian vessels lost in company with this wreck in the same incident. The TORDENSKJOLD also appears to have been in company with the wreck recorded at SS 10 NE 106, also lost on the same day, bound for the same ultimate destination with the same cargo.
More information : Stranded and lost in wind conditions SW force 10. (1) Source (1) states destination as St. Panlode Loando, a mistranscription of the Portuguese Sao Paulo do Loando; Loando being the Portuguese name for Luanda. [Apparently one of a group of Norwegian vessels sailing from Newport to destinations in Portuguese colonies, three of which were wrecked in the same place at the same time, for which see also ST 48 SE 6 and ST 48 SE 7. Additionally SS 10 NE 106 appears to have been in company with these vessels, also bound with the same cargo to the same destination as the TORDENSKJOLD, with the same cargo.] Built: 1867 (1) Master: G Jensen (1) Crew: 11 (1) Owner: Jorkjend Jorgensen, Norway (1) Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss Additional sources cited in Shipwreck Index of the British Isles: BOT.Wk.Rtn.1900 Appendix C Table 1 p131(779)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Section 10, Bristol Channel & Severn Estuary (EJ)
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Monument Period Name : Early 20th Century
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Monument End Date : 1900
Monument Start Date : 1900
Monument Type : Cargo Vessel, Barque
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External Cross Reference Source : Admiralty Chart
External Cross Reference Number : 1123 26-12-80
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External Cross Reference Source : Admiralty Chart
External Cross Reference Number : 1176c 12-10-75
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External Cross Reference Source : Admiralty Chart
External Cross Reference Number : 1179 02-03-79
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External Cross Reference Source : Admiralty Chart
External Cross Reference Number : 1859b 13-07-90
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External Cross Reference Source : Admiralty Chart
External Cross Reference Number : 1121 05-12-80
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 48 SE 7
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