Trincomalee

SL/E/TRIN/M/31

Mitsubishi B2 KATA (Japanese) · Aircraft 01

Period: 2 nd World War
Year sunk: 1942
District: Trincomalee
Depth: 20.00–24.00 m
Vessel type: Aircraft, Military Craft

Location

District: Trincomalee

Province: Eastern

Depth profile

20–24 m

Protection & status

Access: Yes
Legal status: None
Archaeological value: Medium
Physical protection: None
Degradation: Corrosion
Degradation: Fragile
Owner terrain: Sri Lanka Navy
Owner site: Sri Lanka Navy
Threat: Salvage

Vessel chronology

1942

Year sunk

1939 – 1942

Time period estimate

References & publications

Jayawadena, D. (2016) Ghosts of the Deep - Diving the shipwrecks of Sri Lanka, Vijitha Yapa Publications, Colombo, pp.147-151.

NSD-0039

SL/E/IRAK/M/01

Period: Colonial - British
District: Trincomalee
Depth: 6–9 m

NSD-0040

SL/E/UPPU/M/02

Period: Colonial - Dutch
District: Trincomalee
Depth: 41–43 m

NSD-0041

SL/E/TRIN/M/04

District: Trincomalee
Depth: 1–18 m

Vakarei

SL/E/KAYA/M/11

Period: 2 nd World War
District: Batticaloa
Depth: 13–25 m