Hermann

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The Hermann, an iron or steel (the available records are in dispute) hulled three masted schooner, built 1899 in Ronne, Bornholm, Denmark, 142 net tons or gross tons (the available records are in dispute), registered in Nexo/Nekso, Bornholm, Denmark. Captain H.Y. Odbergsen, six crew.

While in passage from Wemyss, Fife, Scotland to Moss, Norway laden with a cargo of 289 tons of coal, this vessel wrecked at Burraland, Sandwick on February 20th 1900 during ESE Force 4 wind conditions. All of the crew saved themselves by jumping from the rigging on to the rocks.