The bay also marks the landward edge of the Atherfield Ledge, an underwater outcrop that has claimed many ships including the SS Eider and more.
The bigger lifeboats located at Brook and Brighstone were launched, but they had much farther to travel.
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Around 10 p.m. the ship ran hard aground on the Atherfield Ledge, a hard outcrop of rock projecting from the large bay of the Back of the Wight.
Eider | Common Eider | Eider (Amt Kirchspielslandgemeinde) | Steller's Eider | Eider (river) | SS Eider |