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Latitude: 55.4885 / 55°29'18"N
Longitude: -1.634 / 1°38'2"W
OS Eastings: 423223
OS Northings: 621695
OS Grid: NU232216
Mapcode National: GBR K41Z.1B
Mapcode Global: WHC16.W92S
Plus Code: 9C7WF9Q8+C9
Entry Name: Memorial to Norwegian Sailors on North Side of Embleton Cemetery
Listing Date: 1 September 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1041818
English Heritage Legacy ID: 236943
ID on this website: 101041818
Location: Embleton Cemetery, Embleton, Northumberland, NE66
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Craster
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: Embleton Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
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NU 22 SW CRASTER SPITALFORD
3/53 Memorial to
Norwegian sailors
on north side of
Embleton Cemetery
II
Headstone, 1917. Cut sandstone. Arched stone with cable-moulded edge and
anchor in vesica-shaped top panel. Inscription, partly worn away:
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED FROM EXPOSURE
IN AN OPEN BOAT, WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM THE DEFENCELESS
NORWEGIAN STEAMER "POLLUX" TORPEDOED BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE
40 MILES EAST OF ABERDEEN. THE BOAT REACHED SADDLE ROCKS
DUNSTANBOROUGH, 22ND MARCH 1917, AFTER HAVING BEEN AT SEA FOUR DAYS
SVERRE HENRIKSEN HOPEN, BERGEN;
MARINUS LARSEN, TROMSO:
GEORGE RASMUSSEN, DENMARK:
OLAF ERIKSEN, CHRISTIANA:
LUDVIG OTTEM, BERGEN:
GEORG JOHS JOHANNSEN, LARVIK:
ONE .....
EREC .... ..SHIP CO.
THE OWNER OF THE S/S POLLUX
Included for historical interest.
Listing NGR: NU2322321695
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