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Article: Your Letters.(Virginia Beach Beacon)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 6, 2006
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Beach residents visit sister of Norwegian Lady
During a recent trip to Scandinavia, my wife, Laura, and I had the pleasure of visiting the city of Moss, Norway.
For many Virginia Beach residents the name Moss should sound a little familiar. For all those qwho have walked by the statue of the Norwegian Lady on the Boardwalk at 25th Street, Moss happens to be the hometown of the ill-fated barque Dictator, which sank just off Virginia Beach in 1891.
Despite efforts by the men of the Seatack Lifesaving Station, seven Norwegians died as a result of the sinking, including the wife and son of the ship's captain, Jorgen Jorgensen.
The tragedy ...