In Popular Culture
The Receiver of Wreck was mentioned by Charlton Heston in the The Wreck of the Mary Deare (film). Show of Hands, an English folk band, sing about the Receiver of Wreck in the song The Napoli. This was inspired by the wreck of the MSC Napoli which was grounded in Branscombe Bay and subsequently lost many containers which were washed up on the beach before being rifled through by people flocking to the small village.
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