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Essen

Came to grief: February 1881 at/near Rocken End

Captain Jurgensen

Cargo: iron ore

The steamer Essen of Kiel under the command of Captain Jurgensen. Cargo of iron ore from Bilboa to Rotterdam. She came ashore early on a February Sunday morning at high water, and when the tide ebbed, the crew walked ashore. The vessel broke up soon after. After many landslides that year (1881), it was jokingly remarked that the idea of getting so much iron ore in the bay was to give the Island a better foundation.

Fatalities: 0

Bibliography:     Back of the Wight - Fred Mew     Shipwrecks of the Wight - J.C.Medland     Shipwrecks of The Isle of Wight - Ken Phillips     The Lifeboats of Brighstone Bay - Christopher J. Willis and Edward H. Roberts