NHER 18666 (Maritime record) - Modern ship wreck used as target practice

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Summary

A probably modern wreck visible as structure on 1946 RAF vertical aerial photographs. This structure is no longer visible on aerial photographs from 1954, and is presumably degraded and/or buried in the sand.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF52NE
Civil Parish NORTH SEA, -, NORFOLK
Civil Parish TERRINGTON ST CLEMENT, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Wreck, latterly used for target practice.
Marked on Admiralty chart 1957.
E. Rose (NAU), 28 January 1983.

February 2003. Norfolk NMP.
The vessel has been mapped from an aerial photograph with little control over the tidal zone, and the above grid reference should be seen as approximate only. The structure is submerged and appears to be in an advanced state of deterioration in 1946 (S1). It is not possible to determine from what material the vessel was constructed, although it appears to have a steel hull. The visible remains have an approximate length of 24m and an approximate width of 5m. The structure is visible in 1945 (S2) but is longer discernible by the 1950s (S3) and is presumably destroyed or buried in the sands.
M. Brennand (NMP), 28 February 2003.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1427 3070-71 16-APR-1946.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA67 3102-3 02-DEC-1944 (NMR).
  • <S3> Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1954. RAF 58/1337 (F21) 0391-2 11-JAN-1954.

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Record last edited

Jan 18 2016 3:33PM

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