Erik Borresen

Norwegian ship

History
Norway
Name	Erik Borresen
Owner	Erik Børresen
Builder	Erik Børresen
Out of service	16 November 1849
Fate	wrecked on De Westen [nl], Texel, the Netherlands on 16 November 1849
General characteristics
Type	Brig

Erik Borresen was a 19th-century Norwegian brig. The captain of the ship was captain J. C. Hesselberg. On 16 November 1849 the ship wrecked on De Westen [nl], Texel, the Netherlands, drowning all ten people onboard.^[1]^[2]

The ship was built, owned and named after Erik Børresen (1785–1860).

Fate

While on a voyage from Drammen, Norway to Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a load of wood, the ship disappeared in during the late evening of 16 November 1849 and wrecked on De Westen [nl], Texel, the Netherlands. All ten people on board drowned.^[3] The ship and its cargo was salvaged.^[4]^[5] In the morning of 19 November 1849, the bodies of the captain J. C. Hesselberg and the carpenter washed up on the beach. Items also washed ashore, such as a mirror with the name "Leuntje" and a painted nameplate of "Arthur".^[6] In the later days more items were found including a ship's boat with the name Henry Towner on the back, a mast, a water barrel and many (large) pieces of wood. A call was made in the newspaper for the owner to come forward.^[7] Texel beachcombers were accused of 'an insatiable appetite for plunder'.^[5]^[8]

References

^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 24990. London. 23 November 1849.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 19940. London. 26 November 1849.
^ "Scheepstijdingen". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 21 November 1849 – via Delpher.
^ "19 November". Provinciaal dagblad van Noord-Braband en 's Hertogenbossche stads-courant (in Dutch). 23 November 1849 – via Delpher.
^ ^a ^b "geschiedenis van texel | Scheepsstrandingen". texelinformatie.nl (in Dutch).
^ "Den Helder 19. Nov". Utrechtsche provinciale en stads-courant (in Dutch). 21 November 1849 – via Delpher.
^ "Strandvonderij". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 26 November 1849 – via Delpher.
^ https://kranten.archiefalkmaar.nl/issue/TC/1981-12-31/edition/0/page/7