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Saturday, November 30, 1929 @ 0200
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		NORWICH CITY (1917-1929 General cargo ship of Reardon Smith Line : 1929 Wrecked) Own Page

Reardon Smith's NORWICH CITY is wrecked in the Pacific Ocean.
Ship's locationGardner Island is part of the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, in the western Pacific OceanPort of RegistryBideford (England)
Gross Tonnage4,219

   The Radio Marine Corporation in San Francisco has picked up a relayed wireless message from the U.S. Navy Radio Station at Tutulla, Hawaii, originating with the British freighter NORWICH CITY saying  “ SOS  Ashore on Gardner Island.   Going fast “

  Gardner Island (also known as Nikumaroro) is part of the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, in the western Pacific Ocean.   It is a remote, elongated, triangular coral atoll with profuse vegetation and a large central marine lagoon.

 

   NORWICH CITY is a 4,219 gross-ton general cargo ship and belongs to the Reardon Smith Line, and is registered in Bideford, Devon, England.    Built in 1911 she was purchased by Reardon Smith in 1917 and at this time was on a voyage from Melbourne to Honolulu.