United Kingdom

Dunwich Bank Wreck

16th-century armed cargo wreck, Suffolk, UK

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The remains of an unknown armed cargo vessel dating to the sixteenth to seventeenth century were identified off Dunwich, Suffolk, England in 1993. The site was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act on 12 July 1994. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.

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12 July 1994

Estimated date of wreck

1556–1600

Initial discovery

1993

Recent survey

2020

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Military Installations

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Artificial Mounds
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United Kingdom

Coordinates

52.25° N, 1.64° E