Hammond's Knoll
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Hammond's Knoll is a six mile long sandbank off the coast of Norfolk, England at Happisburgh
, to the east of Haisborough Sands
. The sandbank at low tide has a depth of 6 fathoms at each end, and 3 fathoms in the centre.
Happisburgh
Happisburgh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated off the B1159 coast road from Ingham to Bacton.The civil parish has an area of , although this is declining due to cliff erosion. In the 2001 census, before the creation of Walcott parish, it had a...
, to the east of Haisborough Sands
Haisborough Sands
Haisborough Sands is a sandbank off the coast of Norfolk, England at Happisburgh. The shoal is long and wide and lies parallel to the North east coast of Norfolk. The shoal is marked to the north-west by north by the Haisbro Light Buoy, North cardinal...
. The sandbank at low tide has a depth of 6 fathoms at each end, and 3 fathoms in the centre.
Ships wrecked on Hammond's Knoll
Some of the ships wrecked here include:- HMS InvincibleHMS Invincible (1765)HMS Invincible was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 9 March 1765 at Deptford. Invincible was built during a period of peace to replace ships worn out in the recently concluded Seven Years' War...
- 1801 with the loss of 400 lives. - Galatea - 1898
- SS English TraderSS English TraderThe SS English Trader was a merchant ship which was wrecked in 1941 off the coast of Norfolk, England on the Hammond's Knoll sandbank. Several epic rescue attempts by lifeboats failed, but a further attempt, the following day, by the Cromer lifeboat rescued the surviving 44 men on board.The ship...
- 1941