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Galle

SL/S/GALL/M/20

SS Orestes · 80 Feet wreck

Access restricted
Period
Colonial - British
Year sunk
1876
District
Galle
Depth
20.00–25.00 m
Vessel type
Iron Hull, Passenger, Steam Ship, Bulk Carrier
remains of the wreck and large boiler 17 Mar 2016 © Rasika Muthukumarana
remains of the wreck 15 Mar 2016 © Rasika Muthukumarana
remains of the wreck 16 Mar 2016 © Rasika Muthukumarana
Video 17 Mar 2016 © Rasika Muthucumarana

Location

Exact location withheld to protect this protected site.

For heritage protection, precise coordinates are not published for this site. Only the general administrative area is shown.

Galle, Southern

Protection & status

Access
None
Legal status
Protected by Arch Act
Archaeological value
High
Physical protection
None
Degradation
Corrosion
Owner terrain
Dept of Archaeology
Owner site
DoA
Authority
MAU-CCF & DoA
Threat
Corrosion

Vessel chronology

1876

Year sunk

References & publications

  • Jayawadena, D. (2016) Ghosts of the Deep - Diving the shipwrecks of Sri Lanka, Vijitha Yapa Publications, Colombo, pp.250-255.

Record provenance

Last updated
2021-05-12
Biodiversity survey
Incomplete

Data: National Shipwreck Database / CCF–MAU