DiveSriLanka
20th February 2012, 04:38
Hello!
A few of us recently dived 2 wrecks that we feel may be the wrecks of the British armed merchantmen Perseus and Worcestershire that were lost in 1917. Both sank after hitting sea mines laid by the German vessel Wolf during WWI off Colombo, Sri Lanka. The two wrecks are at depths of 40m and 57m. We are trying to find more information about the ships, especially images in order to do a positive identification.
The large ship at 40M has a huge wheel on the stern area of the deck. This is very unusual and we suspect this was a rotating gun mount (maybe not?). We just have one archive picture of the sister ship of Perseus and its very difficult to determine pictures.
We will also measure the beam as we know the size to be 52feet from archives.
Any help in the form of pictures/information is very much appreciated!
Dharshana
A few of us recently dived 2 wrecks that we feel may be the wrecks of the British armed merchantmen Perseus and Worcestershire that were lost in 1917. Both sank after hitting sea mines laid by the German vessel Wolf during WWI off Colombo, Sri Lanka. The two wrecks are at depths of 40m and 57m. We are trying to find more information about the ships, especially images in order to do a positive identification.
The large ship at 40M has a huge wheel on the stern area of the deck. This is very unusual and we suspect this was a rotating gun mount (maybe not?). We just have one archive picture of the sister ship of Perseus and its very difficult to determine pictures.
We will also measure the beam as we know the size to be 52feet from archives.
Any help in the form of pictures/information is very much appreciated!
Dharshana