TAUNTON
Photo Alan Marquardt holds bell Teddy Tucker recovered from the
Taunton wreck. Photo by Dan Berg.
The Norwegian cargo steamer, Taunton, built in 1902 by
Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, was owned by A.F. Kaceness &
Company. She was 228.5 feet in length, had a 32.6 foot beam and
displaced 1,329 gross tons. She was powered by a triple expansion
engine.
On November 24, 1920, the Taunton was wrecked on Bermuda's
northern reefs. At the time, she was enroute from Norfolk, Virginia,
to St. George, with a cargo of coal. She was under the command of
Captain Olsen and sailing through a misty fog when she hit the reef.
Today, the Taunton rests in 20 feet of water on the northeast
reef. Her wreckage is broken up and scattered, but her engine and
boilers still stand upright. An interesting side story to this wreck
is that Teddy Tucker found and recovered the ship's bell. The bell
was later used as a prop in the movie, "The Deep" The Taunton's
bell can now be seen in the Gibbs Hill lighthouse museum.
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From the first quarter of the 16th century,
 Bermuda became a landmark for
Spanish ships sailing back to Spain from the New World. The desire to sight
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on Bermuda's outer reefs. To this day Bermuda's treacherous reefs have taken
their toll on shipping. The reefs have claimed vessels ranging from ocean
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Shipwrecks includes over 100 illustrations comprised of 61 sensational color
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