SS Norwich City
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Norwich City |
| Port of registry: | British |
| Route: | Melbourne to Vancouver |
| Laid down: | 9 February 1911 |
| In service: | 1911 |
| Out of service: | 1929 |
| Fate: | ran aground |
| Status: | wrecked |
| Notes: | Ship History [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 5587.08 |
| Displacement: | 8730 tons |
| Length: | 397 feet |
| Beam: | 53 feet, 5.5 inches |
| Installed power: | 412 BHP |
| Propulsion: | oil-fired, triple expansion steam |
| Speed: | 9 knots |
| Crew: | 35 |
The SS Norwich City was an oil-fired steam freighter. The Norwich City had a Triple Expansion steam engine. It was manufactured by the Central Marine Engine Works in 1911 in Britain.
Bridge Collision
In 1928, the ship ran into the Second Narrows Bridge in Vancouver, B.C..[1]
Shipwreck
4°41′30″S 174°36′0″W / 4.69167°S 174.6°W
During a storm on 29 November 1929, the SS Norwich City, a large unladen British freighter with a crew of 35 men ran aground on the reef at Nikumaroro Island. A fire broke out in the engine room and all hands abandoned ship in darkness through storm waves across the dangerous coral reef. There were eleven fatalities. The survivors camped near collapsed structures from the abortive Arundel project and were rescued after several days on the island. The devastated wreck of the Norwich City was a prominent landmark on the reef for 70 years although by 2007 only the ship's keel, engine and two large tanks remained.[2]
Archaeology
The site of the wreck has been investigated as part of an archaeologic project to find the fate of Amelia Earhart.[3]
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References
- ↑ "BC BookWorld". http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=1958. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ↑ TIGHAR photograph 2007, and files on the shipwreck
- ↑ King, Thomas F.. "Amelia Earhart's Fate: The Archaeological Investigations, The Loss of an Aviation Pioneer". About.com. http://archaeology.about.com/od/pacificislands/a/king_ae.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
External links
- Photo before the wreck [2]
