Romagna
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The
steam tanker Syriam was laid down at Grangemouth Dockyard
and launched in 1899 for the company Burmah Oil Company in
Rangoon. In the mid 1920s she was sold to Italy and was
then renamed Romagna. Under a journey to to Cagliari
loaded with fuel 2.August 1943 she hit a mine that ignited
the cargo. The bow was in the explosion ripped off and
sank immediately, while the remains of the tanker drifted
further away for a few minutes before she also was lost.
The wreck of the stern rest today on a depth of 32 to 42
meter outside Cagliari on Sardinia, with the bow section
approx one nautical mile away on a depth of 45 meter.
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 Picture: Romagna From video by Ted Huikeshoven  Last updated: August 2019 |
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