Wreck of MS Sama
Shipwreck site
- Position
- About 49.5° N, 38.6° W (within about 10 km)
- Sank
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- Cause
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- Depth
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Protection status
Location generalised to protect a war grave
The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.
A vessel lost in 1942, during a world war, by enemy action. Wrecks lost in war are treated as war graves.
This wreck may be the last resting place of those who died aboard. Please treat it with respect.
How this was decided: Voydar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 70%. When in doubt, Voydar generalises the position.
MS Sama was a Norwegian motor merchant ship that was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine during World War II. The 1,799-gross register ton, 2,200 tons deadweight (DWT) Sama was launched at Lindholmens in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 19 December 1936 and completed in April 1937. She was built for the Oslo-based Norwegian shipping company Chr. Gundersen & Co. In 1941, Sama played a significant role in the rescue of survivors from the badly damaged British troopship Staffordshire. Sama rescued 234 survivors and arrived at Stornoway of the Hebrides Islands on 29 March 1941. On 15 February 1942, she sailed as part of the trade convoy ON 67 from Belfast, Northern Ireland on a westbound course across the Atlantic Ocean for St. John's, Canada. She was carrying 1,040 tons of china clay when the convoy was attacked by German submarines just after midnight on 22 February.
History from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
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