| History | |
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| Name | Lom |
| Owner | Axel Smith [no],Arendal |
| Builder | A. Aanonsen,Arendal |
| Completed | 1891 |
| Out of service | 30 December 1904 |
| Identification | Call sign: HTSR |
| Fate | ran aground and wrecked atNoordsvaarder [nl], the Netherlands |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 546BRT |
| Length | 39.6 m (129 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 9.1 m (29 ft 10 in) |
| Height | 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in) |
| Sail plan | three masts |
| Crew | 10 |
SVLom was an 1891-built, 40-metre (131 ft 3 in) longNorwegianthree-masted woodenschooner. It was owned byAxel Smith [no] fromArendal.
In December 1904 the full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked onTerschelling, the Netherlands. The coxswain drowned, and the nine other crew members were rescued.[1]
The hull of the ship and the cargo was sold on Terschelling.
In 1983 the wreck was rediscovered. Multiple items and a part of the ship was salvaged.
Lom was built in 1891 and was athree masted woodenschooner. The ship was 39.6 metres (129 ft 11 in) long and had a width of 9.1 m (29 ft 10 in) and a height of 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in). She weighed 546BRT. She hadcall sign HTSR.[2]
The ship was built in 1891 by A. Aanonsen inArendal forAxel Smith [no] fromArendal. She was used as an intercontinental cargo vessel.[2]
In 1904 she was en voyage fromPaysandú[3]/Brazil[4] toHamburg, Germany with a cargo ofbone ash under command of J.S. Nielsen. On 29 December she sailed atDungeness, United Kingdom.[3] The next day on 30 December 1904 the ship ran aground and wrecked atNoordsvaarder [nl], the Netherlands.[5][6] Coxswain Carl Gunderson drowned. The other 9 crew members went in their own rowing boat and were rescued bytug SS “De Hoop”. Also the tug “Neptunus” went to the ship to help. The ship was almost immediately considered lost.[5][7]
Due to the cargo of bones, the ship on Terschelling soon had the nickname (inFrisian) of 'bonkeschip' (translated: bone ship).[1]
On 12 January a public sale was organized at Terschelling where thehull of the ship and the cargo ofbone ash was sold.[8] It was bought by D. Duijf for a total amount off173.[9]
The wreck was discovered in 1983. Divers found Norwegianceramics and horns ofcattle. Thestern was salvaged and is now part of a museum on Terschelling. A year later, the ship was again completely covered in sand and has as of 2010 never emerged again.[1]
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