Sommerstad

Shipwreck Sommerstad
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, England
Built:
1906, England
Specs:
( 340 x 47 ft ) 3875 gross tons, 31 crew
Sunk:
Monday August 12, 1918
torpedoed by U-117 - no casualties
Depth:
180 ft

SS Sommerstad, built by R. Stephenson & Co Ltd, Newcastle in 1906 and owned at the time of her loss by Klaveness Dampskibsselsk. A/S (A. F. Klaveness & Co.), Sandefjord, was a Norwegian steamer of 3875 tons.

On August 12th, 1918, Sommerstad, on a voyage from Bergen to New York in ballast, was sunk by the German submarine U-117 (Otto Dröscher), 30 miles southeast of the Fire Island lightship, New York.

U-117
U-117, sunk as a target 1921

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Shipwreck Pocopson
Mr. Eliassen is reasonably sure that this image is of the Pocopson, on which he sailed as a child when his father was Captain, 1922-1925.
Type:
shipwreck, schooner barge, USA
Built:
1906, Noank CT, USA
Specs:
( 177 x 35 ft ) 721 tons, 3 crew
Sunk:
Wednesday October 7, 1936
foundered in storm, no casualties
GPS:
40°12.204' -73°59.257' (AWOIS 1990)
Depth:
50 ft

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