NHER 18720 (Maritime record) - World War One and Two wrecks

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Summary

A wreck is marked on an Admiralty chart of 1957. It could be the ship Alice Taylor, which sank with a cargo of coal after a collision in 1918, or the merchant ship Ilse, which was 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 49' north, 1 degree 39' east.
E. Rose (NAU), 28 January 1983.

Two wrecks noted at this location by survey.
Context 1. Merchant ship SS Ilse (New) sunk 7 October 1942 by torpedo.
Original Ilse sunk at Hartlepool 1941.
Afterpart raised and new forepart added.
New ship sunk at above reference.
Very broken up by 1971.

Context 2. Alice Taylor sunk 19 April 1918, after collision.
Cargo of coal.
Wreck dispersed by 1950.
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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