Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Somali, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 55 34.09 N,1 36.122 W (55.802333333333, -1.8619333333333)

 

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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.

 

1. Acclivity
2. Aepos
3. Alert (possibly)
4. Annie walker (probably)
5. Arbutus
6. Athelduke
7. Auckland castle
8. Aulton (possibly)
9. Baltanglia
10. Buka
11. Chris christenson
12. Coquet mouth
13. Cor jesu (possibly)
14. Coryton
15. Don (possibly)
16. Driebergen
17. Dutchman
18. Eglinton
19. Elziena
20. Elziena (possibly)
21. Emily reaich
22. Emma
23. Espire
24. Everene (possibly)
25. Ex-hmsm h 11
26. Fingal
27. Florence dombey (possibly)
28. George and mary (possibly)
29. Havilde
30. Hazard (probably)
31. Heros (possibly)
32. Hesvik (possibly)
33. Hms ascot
34. Hms fortuna
35. Hms herring
36. Hms kopanes
37. Hms patia
38. Hooghammen
39. Hornchurch (probably)
40. Igor
41. Invergyle
42. Isbul & margarit
43. Jan van ryswyck
44. Lafonia
45. Lunesdale (possibly)
46. Maystone (possibly)
47. Merwede
48. Morlaix (probably)
49. Nidelven
50. Olimpia/?olympia (possibly)
51. Peik (probably)
52. Pluto
53. Provider a
54. Queen wilhelmina
55. Regian
56. Rising sun
57. Shadwan
58. Skovdal (probably)
59. Snowdonia
60. Somali
61. Spey (possibly)
62. Sphynx
63. St andre
64. St fergus
65. Tadorne
66. The tetrarch (probably)
67. Thistle
68. Thomas jackson (possibly)
69. Tioga
70. U 1274
71. Upcerne
72. Venus

 

Naam: SOMALI

Lengte 139.9 meter, breedte: 18.6 meter, diepgang: 9.1, tonnage 6809 ton
Lading: general and mixed goods

Oorzaak: built by harland & wolff on the clyde in 1930. owned at time of loss by the peninsular & orient steam navigation co. five boilers, single quadruple expansion engine, single screw. damaged during air attack by german aircraft and caught fire. sank the following day while under tow and after an explosion. was on passage london to hong kong with 9000 tons general cargo.

Jaar registratie: 1941

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 28 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 163 cm

Bekend sinds: 1941, laatst gedetecteerd: 2001

Details metingen/cartografie: H1254/41 11.6.41 DW 116DEG, 1M FROM SEAHOUSES. MAST VISIBLE. (CG, SEAHOUSES). - PFNM 808/41 & NM 1355/41. 11.11.41 MAST NO LONGER SHOWS. (CINC ROSYTH). H1254/41 12.12.41 MARKED BY G CONL BUOY LAID 070DEG, 2C FROM WK. WK NO LONGER VISIBLE. CONSIDERABLE SURFACE DISTURBANCE SEEN IN POSN. (TH).

- NM 2964/41. H1254/41 6.10.43 WK LOCATED IN 553356N, 013624W, OR 150.5DEG, 3.24M FROM FARNE LT. CHAIN SWEPT CLEAR AT 8FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9FMS. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (THV BEACON, 27.7.43).

- NM 2091/43. H1254/41 2.6.60 NOW CHARTED IN 553356N, 013624W. (TH, 1943). BR STD. 14.9.67 HULL OWNED BY MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT. CARGO HAS BEEN PARTLY SALVAGED. (MOT, TELECON). 28.5.82 DESCRIBED AS UPRIGHT. MOST OF HULL COMPLETE, STANDING 9MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 28-30MTRS. REPD SOLD TO OCEAN DIVING SERVICES AND NOVOCASTRIAN DIVING SALVAGE CO. (BSAC WK REGISTER). NCA. HH242/350/01 10.4.91 VALUABLE ROV LOST ON THIS WK WHILE SALVAGE OPS BEING CARRIED OUT IN MAR 1991. (LL, 26.3.91). HH242/640/02 14.6.96 LOCATED IN 553408N, 013600W [OGB]. WK HAS COLLAPSED & IS LEVEL WITH THE SEABED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BOILERS & ENGINES WHICH STAND PROUD. (ECHOSCAN, TELECON DTD 14.6.96). AMEND POSN.

- NM 2281/96. HH351/100/15 20.9.99 MUCH SALVAGE WORK HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT ON THE WK. NOW WK IS FLATTENED AND SCATTERED, THE THE HIGHEST PART IS AT ABOUT 3MTRS. BOW SECTION SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSE BY. (R YOUNG). HH090/843/01 21.12.99 EXAM'D 28.6.99 IN 5534.090N, 0136.122W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.5 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 109MTRS, WIDTH 39MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.1MTRS. LIES 163/343 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED ROCK. WELL BROKEN WRECK WITH LARGE DEBRIS FIELD EXTENDING 85MTRS TOWARDS 254 DEGS. E/S INVESTIGATION NOT COMPLETED AND NOT SWEPT DUE TO BUOYS. (GARDLINE, HI 843). NOTING THIS SURVEY AND PREVIOUS DIVING REPORT, AMEND TO WK 18.5MTRS. BR STD. 3.3.00 ARTICLE ON WK WITH CARGO LIST, DIAGRAMS AND PHOTOS. (DIVER MAGAZINE MARCH 2000) NCA. 26.11.01 ARTICLE ON WK GIVING DIVERS DESCRIPTION OF WRECK WHEN DIVED IN 1967. (DIVER MAGAZINE, MAY 2000) NCA.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP AND SCATTERED

Positie: 55 34.09 N,1 36.122 W

 

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