NHER 18727 (Maritime record) - Site of World War Two wreck

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Summary

A wreck is marked on an Admiralty chart of 1957. This was HMS Francolin, a trawler, sunk by bombing in 1941. The wreck had been cleared by 1964.

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 51' north, 1 degree 32' east.
E. Rose (NAU), 28 January 1983.

HMS Francolin, sunk 12 November 1941 by bombs (HM trawler).
Wreck clearance began 1960 when wrongly believed to be the Piet Schipper, sunk in the same year.
Work halted when ships bell with correct name found.
New licence granted and wreck cleared by November 1964.
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

Sep 17 2002 3:24PM

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