Umbria
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The
steamship Bahia Blanca was laid down in Hamburg in
Germany, and was launched in 1912 for the HAPAG, the Hamburg-Sudamerikanische
Dampfschifffahrts Gesellschaft. She was sold in 1918
to Argentina, and then again to Italy in 1935 and
renamed Umbria. Under a journey from Italy to Eritrea
loaded with ammunition and other military supplies she
was forced by British forces to anchor outside Port
Sudan 8.June 1940. The day after Italy declared war on
England, and to avoid the ship and cargo being
confiscated, they chose to scuttle her. The wreck of
Umbria rest today north of Port Sudan on a depth of
approximately 38 meter at Wingate Reef.
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