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ShipwreckFor the loss of local boats and lives follow this link: George Browell, who was a member of the coastguard in Cresswell and then Craster wrote a list of local shipwrecks that can be downloaded here as a Word Document. GB List of Local Wrecks (.doc) The boiler that is visible at low tide between Muckle Carr and the Jolly Fisherman is all that is left of the Managua, which came onshore in November 1907.
The rocky foreshore next to the children's playground is scored by deep grooves, running parallel with the waves.
These were made by the wreck of the Haarafager, 11th December 1928. The concrete footings of the cranes that were used when the hulk was broken up can still be found on the headland in the photograph, just to the south of the village.
The submarine G11 came ashore on November 22nd 1918, a short distance to the north of the Bathing House on Howick Bay.
The German ship Worms came ashore south of Craster in October 1907.
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