This is the information page about the shipwreck Norfolk coast, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 58.039 N,5 25.003 W (51.817616666667, -5.40105)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: NORFOLK COAST
Length 61 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 646 ton
Cause: torpedoed by german submarine with the loss of 8 lives captain survived (dods & ww 2 msl)
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 69 meter
Known since: 1945, last detected: 20200723
Details measurements/cartography: H067/45 28.2.45 SIGNAL FROM C IN C WESTERN APPS DIRECTING SEARCH IN POSN 515900N, 051900W. (FOIC MILFORD, 28.2.45). H03603/55 20.9.55 INS ON WK CHARTS. H7556/58 DELETE FROM WK CHARTS. SEP 2021/000284268 29.10.21 EXAM'D 23.7.20 IN 5158.039N, 0525.003W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 68.3MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 69.1MTRS, LENGTH 133.7MTRS, WIDTH 102.5MTRS, HT 0.7MTRS. SCATTERED REMAINS OF A WK. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1677). INS NDW 68MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 58.039 N,5 25.003 W