Turkia
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Livorno
was laid down at Earles Shipbuilding & Engineering in
England and launched in December 1909. The year after she
was put in service for the company Thomas Wilson, Sons
& Co ( Wilson lines ). In 1935 she was sold to
Hellenic Lines in Greece and was renamed Turkia. At the
start of second world war she was put in service
transporting war material, and under a journey from New
York to Greece in May 1941 loaded with vehicles, weapons
and explosives she caught fire. At the Suez canal a she
caught fire near the cargo of explosives 17. May and the
crew had to abandon ship. Shortly after the cargo exploded
and the ship sank shortly after. The wreck rest today on a
depth of 15 to 25 meter near Zafarana light.
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 Picture: Turkia From the e-book "Suez Wrecks" by Peter Collingsi  Last updated: April 2019 |
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