SS Norwich City
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| Port of registry: | 1911 London |
| Builder: | William Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool |
| Yard number: | 792 |
| Laid down: | 9 February 1911 |
| Launched: | 12 July 1911 |
| Completed: | August 1911 |
| Out of service: | 1929 |
| Identification: | British ON 132596 |
| Fate: | Ran aground |
| Status: | Wrecked Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Notes: | Ship history [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 4,219 GRT |
| Displacement: | 8,730 tons |
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| Installed power: | 412 NHP |
| Propulsion: | Oil-fired, triple expansion steam |
| Speed: | 9 knots |
| Crew: | 35 |
| Notes: | [1][2] |
The SS Norwich City was an oil-fired steam freighter powered by a triple expansion steam engine.
History
She was built in 1911 by William Gray & Company, Ltd., West Hartlepool, England, with engines by the company's Central Marine Engine Works.[3]
On 23 April 1928, the ship ran into the Second Narrows Bridge in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[4][1]
Wreck
During a storm on 29 November 1929, the unladen freighter was carrying a crew of 35 men when it ran aground on the reef at the northwest end of the small central Pacific atoll known as Nikumaroro Island (then known as Gardner Island). A fire broke out in the engine room and all hands abandoned ship in darkness having to make their way across the wide and dangerous coral reef being pounded by dangerous storm waves. In total, 11 men lost their lives. The survivors camped near collapsed structures from a late-19th century coconut-planting 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, though by 2007, only the ship's keel, engine, and two large tanks remained. By 2010, only the engine remained above water on the reef.[5]
See also
- Gardner Island hypothesis (Organization claims radio transmission referred to SS Norwich City)
References
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External links
- Photo of SS Norwich City taken about twenty months before the shipwreck
- Historical record of SS Norwich City
- Photo of what was left of the wreckage in 2007
- http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Documents/Norwich_City/NorwichCity.html Reports from the Board of Trade’s Inquiry into the Wreck of the Norwich City
