This is the information page about the shipwreck Pomella, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 19.891 N,3 1.037 W (50.331517, -3.017283)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: POMELLA

Length 139.3 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 6766 ton
Load: oil

Cause: built in 1937 by cammel laird & co ltd, birkenhead. owned at time of loss by the anglo-saxon petroleum co ltd. twin 12 cylinder oil engines of 687hp. engines aft. machinery by scotts sb & eng co ltd, greenock. passage curaco for southampton. torpedoed and sunk by e-boat s-57 of the 2nd flotilla whilst in convoy wp 183.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H2412/42 23.7.42 H2412/42 23.7.42 WK REPD 218 DEGS, 2M FROM WK IN 502210N, 025930W. PROBABLY ONE OF FOLLOWING SIX VESSELS - MANOR, BOHN, KONGSHAUG, POMELLA, REGGISTROOM OR ROSTEN. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 9.7.42). H0113/45 30.3.45 H0113/45 30.3.45 SONAR CONTACT REPD IN 502015N, 030040W. LENGTH APPROX 280FT, HT 50FT. GAVE OFF OIL. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). H4617/55 15.9.55 H4617/55 15.9.55 WK EXAM'D IN 501952N, 030056W. SWEPT CLEAR TO 20FMS. (HMS SCOTT, 27.9.54). INS AS WK 20FMS. LC 2454. H03950/57 13.8.57 H03950/57 13.8.57 LOCATED USING SONAR. MEDIUM STRENGTH RETURNS. (HMS DUNDAS). H878/59 4.1.61 H878/59 4.1.61 LOCATED IN 502028N, 030146W OR 120DEGS 4800FT FROM CHARTED POSN, OR 100DEGS, 17M FROM BERRY HEAD. A GOOD FIRM STEADY CONTACT. (HMS ROEBUCK, HN DTD 20.12.60). NCA 6.3.73 6.3.73 AMEND TO WK 36MTRS. NC 2519. H1310/83/1 11.1.83 H1310/83/1 11.1.83 LARGE WK WITH GENERAL APPEARANCE OF WW2 TANKER - PROBABLY THE POMELLA. LYING ON STBD SIDE WITH STERN MISSING. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED DURING SINGLE DIVE WAS 40MTRS (REDUCED) IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. (A HILLGROVE). NCA. HH100/351/07 15.7.93 HH100/351/07 15.7.93 CONFIRMED AS WK OF POMELLA. (C DAVIES, 23.6.93). HH100/351/17 2.10.01 HH100/351/17 2.10.01 LIES INTACT ON THE STBD SIDE. BOWS W. CENTRAL SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED ONTO THE SEABED. THERE IS A LOT OF NET AND LINE ON THE WK. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH090/961/01 9.12.03 HH090/961/01 9.12.03 EXAM'D 12.7.03 IN 5019.891N, 0301.037W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 38.5, FOUL 39.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.4 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 147MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS. DCS3 HT 18.2MTRS. LIES 015/195 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, ON ITS SIDE. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND SW 38MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON STBD SIDE, STERN MISSING, BOWS W

Position: 50 19.891 N,3 1.037 W

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