Scalaria Wreck
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Wreck Category | dangerous wreck |
|
Scalaria Wreck Location Marine Coordinates (DMM) |
28 20.626 N,33 7.246 E |
| Latitude, Longitude Decimal Degrees |
|
| Water Depth | 10 m |
| Water Level Effect | always under water/submerged |
| Vertical Datum | Lowest Astronomical Tide |
| Name | SCALARIA |
| Type | tanker |
| Flag | GB |
| Length | 125.3 m |
| Width | 16.2 m |
| Draught | 9.4 |
| Sonar Length | 130 |
| Sonar Width | 20 |
| Orientation | 45 |
| Tonnage | 5683 |
| Tonnage Type | gross |
| Conspic Visual | not visually conspicuous |
| Conspic Radar | not radar conspicuous |
| Date Sunk | Oct 19, 1942 |
| Bottom Texture | Sand |
| Original Detection Year | 1942 |
| Last Detection Year | 2025 |
| Original Source | published World War 2 losses |
| Markers | BUOY 30MTRS N |
| Surveying Details | H01202/43 15.4.43 DWP WITH STERN 126DEGS, 4200FT & BOW 212DEGS, 4300FT FROM RAS GHARIB LT. (ADMIRALTY). GIVES POSN 282000N, 330700E. - NM 784/43. H4403/46 7.8.46 CONFIRMATION OF ABOVE. (PARIS NM 26/2362/46). H4317/54 12.7.54 STATED TO BE ST. (HAMBURG NM 2108/54) CHARTED AS STF. BR STD. H4206/62 27.11.62 CHARTED AS ST IN 282037N, 330709E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2374. H5968/69 9.1.70 [EUR] POSN: 282041.8N, 330716E. NC 753. H4837/82 30.9.83 A TRIPOD BN MARKS THIS WK CLOSE BY. TOO VAGUE FOR ACTION. (MV BIGORANGE XI, HN DTD 14.9.83). H4837/82 14.2.84 POSN OF WK GIVEN AS 282039N, 330710E. (EGYPTIAN NM 19/83). NCA YET. 5.2.85 SHOWN AS DWP IN 282041.5N, 330715E ON PORTS & LTHO ADMIN., EGYPT SURVEY OF BERTHS [K9515]. NE 753. H4837/82 13.8.87 POSN GIVEN AS 282038.8N, 330709.9E. (PORTS & LTHO ADMIN. EGYPT, 4.7.87) COULD BE POSN OF BEACON MENTIONED ABOVE. NCA. 29.4.97 [WGD] POSN: 282037.4N, 330714E. NC 2374. 27.11.00 [WGD] POSN: 2820.623N, 3307.240E. NE 2374. 28.2.03 PHOTOCOPY [SOURCE NOT STATED] OF STRANDED VESSEL SUPPLIED. (MAJOR NED MIDDLETON, LTR DTD 21.2.03) SEE PRESS ARTICLES BRANCH FOLDER. 22.4.09 DIVED MAY 2007. HT 10MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. LENGTH 411FT, WIDTH 55FT. DEBRIS WITHIN 80FT. LIES WITH BOWS S. UPRIGHT AND WELL DISPERSED. HUGE SECTIONS REMAIN. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE, BOILERS AND ENGINES STILL VISIBLE. MARKER BUOY LIES 30MTRS N OF STERN (SIC). (P COLLINS). NCA. |
| Last Amended Date | Aug 1, 2025 |
| Limits |
4,23 33.1203463,28.3431138 33.120322,28.3432256 33.1203609,28.3433521 33.1204047,28.3434639 33.1204727,28.3436 33.1205457,28.3437654 33.1206138,28.3438918 33.1207061,28.3440571 33.1207985,28.344203 33.1209055,28.3443197 33.1210125,28.3444218 33.1211694,28.3444361 33.1211973,28.3443246 33.121173,28.344203 33.1211243,28.3440814 33.1210174,28.3438821 33.1209347,28.3437411 33.1208326,28.3435757 33.1207262,28.343435 33.1206389,28.343314 33.120556,28.3432166 33.1204776,28.3431426 33.1203463,28.3431138 |
Circumstances of loss
BUILT IN 1922 BY SWAN HUNTERS, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE ANGLO-SAXON PETROLEUM CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE BY WALLSEND SLIPWAY ENGINEERING CO FOR 10 KNOTS. REQUISITIONED AND FITTED WITH 1 X 4 INCH, 1 X 12 PDR, TWO X TWIN HOTCHKISS AND ONE BREDA GUN. ATTACKED BY AIRCRAFT & HIT BY BOMBS & AERIAL TORPEDOES OFF RAS GHARIB. (DODS, WW2SL & P COLLINGS).
Limits: features shown as areas and not points
Nearby Wrecks:
- Schildturm Wreck 1025.1 M
- Aboudy Wreck 2094.9 M
- Timalexandria Wreck 2647.5 M
- Inspecta 7 Wreck 2906.3 M
- Bahram Wreck 3421.5 M
- Kosmos 2 Wreck 3439.7 M
- Ocean Hertch Wreck 3645.4 M
- Ashrf Abdo Wreck 5903.6 M
- Other Wreck 94443 6652.4 M
- Samah Wreck 7249.2 M