SS Nailsea Meadow
History | |
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Name: | SS Nailsea Meadow |
Namesake: | (Believed) Nailsea |
Owner: |
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Port of registry: |
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Route: | Hampton Roads - New York - Trinidad - Cape Town - Durban - Bombay - Karachi[1] |
Builder: |
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Launched: | 18 December 1936[2] |
Completed: | 23 February 1937 |
Fate: | Torpedoed by U-196 |
Status: | Sunk |
Notes: | Torpedoed by U-196. Lies 40 miles south of Port St. Johns, Cape Colony.[1] |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage: | 4,962 tons[1] |
Crew: | 44 crew |
SS Nailsea Meadow was a freighter sunk in the Second World War by the German submarine U-196 on 11 May 1943. She was transporting tanks and supplies to the Eighth Army under General Montgomery in Egypt.[3]
Wreck
The Nailsea Meadow was found in 1997 by Emlyn Brown working with the National Underwater and Marine Agency and Clive Cussler, believing it to be the lost SS Waratah.[4] On closer examination in 2001, it was declared to be the Nailsea Meadow.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Nailsea Meadow (British Steam merchant)". Uboat.net.
- ↑ http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland141.html
- ↑ Cussler, Clive. The Sea Hunters II. p. 270. Retrieved 29 Sep 2014.
- ↑ http://www.numa.net/expeditions/waratah/
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