NHER 18718 (Maritime record) - 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.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish NORTH SEA, -, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

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.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.

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Record last edited

Oct 1 1989 12:00AM

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