SS Nailsea Meadow
| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name: | SS Nailsea Meadow |
| Namesake: | (Believed) Nailsea |
| Owner: |
 E.R. Management Co Ltd, Cardiff[1] |
| Port of registry: |
Cardiff, Wales[2] |
| Route: | Hampton Roads - New York - Trinidad - Capetown - Durban - Bombay - Karachi[3] |
| Builder: |
 Bartram & Sons Ltd, South Dock, Sunderland[4] |
| Launched: | 18 December 1936[5] |
| 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.[6] |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 4,962 tons[7] |
| Crew: | 44 crew |
SS Nailsea Meadow was a freighter sunk in the Second World War by the German Submarine U-196 on the 11th of May 1943. She was transporting tanks and supplies to the Eighth Army under General Montgomery in Egypt.[8]
Wreck
The Nailsea Meadow was found in 1997 by Emlyn Brown working with National Underwater and Marine Agency and Clive Cussler, believing it to be the lost SS Waratah.[9] On closer examination in 2001, it was declared to be the Nailsea Meadow.
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/2918.html
- ↑ http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/2918.html
- ↑ http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/2918.html
- ↑ http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/2918.html
- ↑ http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland141.html
- ↑ http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/2918.html
- ↑ http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/2918.html
- ↑ Cussler, Clive. The Sea Hunters II. p. 270. Retrieved 29 Sep 2014.
- ↑ http://www.numa.net/expeditions/waratah/
| Shipwrecks |
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1942  1943  1944April 1943 June 1943 | |
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