NHER 18737 (Maritime record) - Post medieval wreck

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Summary

A wreck is marked on an Admiralty chart of 1957. It is probably the SS Pacific, which sank in 1943.

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 as at 52 degrees 55' north, 1 degree 30' east. One of a group of two.
E. Rose (NAU), 28 January 1983.

Old wreck re-found 1960.
Previously of unknown lineage but now suggested as probably the SS Pacific, sunk 9 February 1943 (presumed) when coal convoy Sunderland to London dispersed, and Pacific and another craft did not reappear.
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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