Record Details

NHER Number:18751
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Modern wreck

Summary

A wreck is marked on an Admiralty chart of 1957. It is probably the Georgia, which sank in 1927.

Images - none

Location

Parish:NORTH SEA, -, NORFOLK

Full description

Wreck.
Marked on Admiralty chart 1957 as at 52 degrees 58' north, 1 degree 22' east.
E. Rose (NAU), 28 January 1983.

Georgia (stern only) sunk 1927. Broke in two.
Forepart believed to have sunk at 52.5.210 north, 01.46.55 east.
Located by divers 1971.
4.6 to 6m (15 to 20 foot) section only, collapsing into sea bed.
See details in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 27 January 1984.

Monument Types

  • WRECK (Early 20th Century to 21st Century - 1901 AD to 2100 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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