Record Details
| NHER Number: | 18714 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | World War One wreck |
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Summary
A wreck is marked on an Admiralty chart of 1957. It could be the SS Kirkham Abbey, which was torpedoed by a submarine in July 1918.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | NORTH SEA, -, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Wreck.
On Admiralty chart 1957, at 52 degrees 46' north, 1 degree 57' east.
E. Rose (NAU), 28 January 1983.
Survey notes SS Kirkham Abbey at 52.45.27 north, 001.42.14 east, torpedoed by submarine 27 July 1918.
Mast formerly visible but wreck seems to have been completely broken up by 1976.
See details in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 27 January 1984.
Monument Types
- WRECK (World War One - 1914 AD to 1918 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
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