Record Details
| NHER Number: | 18718 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | World War Two wreck |
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Summary
A wreck is marked on an Admiralty chart of 1957. It is probably the SS Shearwater, torpedoed in 1942.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | NORTH SEA, -, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Wreck.
On Admiralty chart 1957, at 52 degrees 48' north, 1 degree 37' east.
E. Rose (NAU), 28 January 1983.
SS Shearwater, sunk 7 October 1942 by torpedo.
Complete 1949 but no trace except debris remained in 1972.
See details in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 27 January 1984.
Monument Types
- WRECK (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 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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