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 (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Ailsa craig (probably)
2. Aleyna
3. Algarve
4. Angelena bm 271
5. Avalanche
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Bayonne
8. Bokn (possibly)
9. Boma
10. Borgund i (possibly)
11. Broomhill (probably)
12. Chateau yqem
13. Cheshire
14. Chorley
15. City of swansea (probably)
16. Clan stuart (probably)
17. Cornelia
18. Einar jarl
19. Gefion
20. General leman (possibly)
21. Gibel-hamam
22. Glocliffe
23. Gorizia
24. Grane
25. Greleen
26. Greta c
27. Gudrun
28. Hms amazon
29. Hms bittern
30. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
31. Hms boadicea
32. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
33. Hms formidable
34. Hms harstad
35. Hms hickory
36. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
37. Hms lord hailsham
38. Hms manor
39. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
40. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
41. Hms remindo (possibly)
42. Isbjorn
43. Karen marie (probably)
44. Kongshaug (probably)
45. L h carl
46. La blanca (possibly)
47. Lct 381
48. Lofoten (probably)
49. Lord stewart
50. Lst 507 (bow section)
51. Lst 507 (stern section)
52. Lst 531
53. Lucinda (possibly)
54. Majorca
55. Marguerite (possibly)
56. Marie des isles
57. Marjolene
58. Minerva (probably)
59. Modavia
60. Moel tryvan
61. Moidart
62. Motano (probably)
63. Nil desperandum (probably)
64. Nyasaland
65. Ocean vagabond
66. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
67. Pergo
68. Pomella
69. Quest
70. Radaas (probably)
71. Reggestroom (probably)
72. Renilde
73. Romsdalen (probably)
74. Rosten (possibly)
75. Rota
76. Rotorua
77. Salsette ii
78. Sarah jayne
79. Siren
80. Sparkling foam (possibly)
81. Ster de zee (possibly)
82. Tandil (probably)
83. Trito
84. U 1191
85. Ub 19 (probably)
86. Ull (probably)
87. Ursa (probably)
88. W h dwyer
89. Westergate (probably)

 

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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