52°55′48″N 01°18′50″E / 52.93000°N 1.31389°E
The Fernebo lying alongside the equipment wharf at Oskarshamn in 1912
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History | |
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Name | Fernebo |
Owner | Broström Axel & Son |
Port of registry | Sweden |
Builder | Oskarshamn Shipyard |
Yard number | 244 |
Launched | 1912 |
Identification |
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Fate | Wrecked 9 January 1917 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 1,440 GRT |
Length | 69.7 metres (228 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 11 metres (36 ft 1 in) |
Depth | 4.9 metres (16 ft 1 in) |
Installed power | 3 cylinder triple expansion steam engine |
Propulsion | single screw |
Crew | 18 men |
The SS Fernebo was a Swedish cargo ship that was built in 1912. She was wrecked off Cromer, Norfolk, in England on 9 January 1917, being split in two by a boiler explosion or a German sea mine. Her chief engineer was killed but the remaining 17 crew members were rescued by onlookers and the Cromer lifeboat, commanded by Henry Blogg. Part of her wreck remains on the beach at Cromer but is only visible at extremely low tides.