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NSD-0089

SL/S/HIKK/M/29

SS Conch · SS Conch

Period
Colonial - British
Year sunk
1903
District
Galle
Depth
8.00–20.00 m
Vessel type
Tanker, Bulk Carrier
propeller 20 Dec 2006 © Maritime Archaeology Unit
Site plan 9 Feb 2007 © Maritime Archaeology Unit
remains of the wreck 20 Dec 2006 © Maritime Archaeology Unit
Boilers and remains of the wreck 25 Nov 2015 © Rasika Muthukumarana
Video 25 Nov 2015 © Rasika Muthucumarana

Location

District: Galle

Province: Southern

Depth profile

8–20 m

Protection & status

Access
None
Legal status
None

Vessel chronology

1903

Year sunk

1892 – 1903

Time period estimate

References & publications

  • Jayawadena, D. (2016) Ghosts of the Deep - Diving the shipwrecks of Sri Lanka, Vijitha Yapa Publications, Colombo, pp.256-259.
  • Maritime Archaeology in Sri Lanka: Twenty five years old and a new beginning, in SHIPWRECK AROUND THE WORLD : Revelations of the Past (2015)
  • Maritime Archaeology and Sri Lanka: Globalization, Immigration, and Transformation in the Underwater Archaeological Record (2013)

Record provenance

Last updated
2021-05-12
Biodiversity survey
Incomplete

Data: National Shipwreck Database / CCF–MAU