Haisborough Sands

Haisborough Sands

Haisborough Sands (or Haisboro Sands or Haisbro Sands) is a sandbank off the coast of Norfolk, England at Happisburgh. Over the years it has claimed several ships.

hips wrecked on Haisborough Sands

Some of the ships wrecked here include:
*SS "Chicago" - 1878 [cite web
url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/furness.html
title=The Ships List: Furness Line
accessdate=2008-08-06]
*Steamer - 1907 [cite web
url=http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/east/news_detail?articleid=306266
title=Nuggets of information
publisher=RNLI
accessdate=2008-08-06]
*SS "Georgia" - 1927
*Trawler "Cuttlefish" - 1981 [cite web
url=http://float-trawlers.lancashire.gov.uk/index.php?a=showall&s=item&key=AYTozOntpOjA7czoxOiIxIjtpOjE7czoxOiI2IjtpOjI7czoxOiI3Ijt9&pg=2676
title=Fleetwood Online Archive of Trawlers
accessdate=2008-08-06]
*"City of Sunderland" - 2008 [cite web
url=http://maritimeaccident.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/maritime-safety-news-today-15-january-2008/
title=Maritime Accident Casebook
accessdate=2008-08-06]

ee also

*Hammond's Knoll - nearby sandbank, similarly treacherous

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