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The Russian ship Dmitry ran aground in Whitby, an incident that inspired the arrival of Count Dracula to England in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel.
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Cargo ship wrecked at England in 1885
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Title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel Dracula
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