Great Nothern
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The
steamship Euxine was built by Gray Denton & Company in
West Hartlepool, and was launched in 1870. Four years
after her launch she was sold to Eastern Telegraph Company
and renamed Great Northern. She was extensively used for
cable laying. In 18790 she was sold to Eastern & South
African Telegraph company and sailed to her new base in
Zanzibar. Under repairs on the telegraph cable from
Zanzibar to Mombasa, she hit ground in the evening 5.
December 1902. Her hull was ripped open and she sunk in
shallow waters with her mast still visible on the
surface.. Several ships came to assist, and the wreck was
soon inspected and found unworthy of saving. The cable and
other equipment was salvaged and the wreck was soon
abandoned. In the 1950s her bow was scrapped in situ, and
her remains was "rediscovered" in the late 1970s. She is
now a popular dive site in Tanzania. There isn't much left
of the ship anymore, but the flattened remains oh her is
totally overgrown with corals. Her remains rest right
outside Zanzibar at Pange Sandbank outside Nakupenda Beach
on a depth of 15 meters.
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 Picture: Great Northern Unknown photographer Last updated: January 2021 |
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