This is the information page about the shipwreck Somali, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 34.09 N,1 36.122 W (55.802333333333, -1.8619333333333)

 

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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.

 

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4. Annie walker (probably)
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6. Athelduke
7. Auckland castle
8. Aulton (possibly)
9. Baltanglia
10. Buka
11. Chris christenson
12. Coquet mouth
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14. Coryton
15. Don (possibly)
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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
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53. Provider a
54. Queen wilhelmina
55. Regian
56. Rising sun
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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

 

Name: SOMALI

Length 139.9 meter, width: 18.6 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 6809 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: 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.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 163 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: 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.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP AND SCATTERED

Position: 55 34.09 N,1 36.122 W

 

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