1842
The Morwenstow Connection
An Arbroath Timeline
On the 7th of September 1842, the Arbroath brig 'Caledonia' founders on these north Cornwall rocks, taking the lives of it's captain and ten crew members.
Only one seaman survives the tragic event & those lost are given a
Christian burial by the Rev. R.S.Hawker. One hundred and sixty
six years later in 2008, the brig's figurehead will be respectfully
restored and mounted within Morwenstow Parish Church
where a service of dedication & celebration will be
held on the anniversary of the shipwreck to
mark the completion of the project,
a remarkable example of love
and caring from one end
of a long island to
the other.
The Caledonia's
figurehead
This image copyright Hilary Hoad - courtesy of Pictures of England.com
Higher Sharpnose Point, where the 'Caledonia' is wrecked and ( inset ) Hawker's Hut ( the National Trust'a smallest property) where the benign Parson ( below ) would keep an eye on the ocean for boats in distress
The photographs of 'Sharpnose Point' & 'Morwenstow Church' are reproduced by kind permission of Angus Holland, a north Cornwall resident born in Arbroath in 1945.
