Somali
Ship Number
898
Vessel Type
Cargo Ship
Built
Govan Yard
Slip Number
5
Launch Date
October 9, 1930
Delivered
December 18, 1930
Owner
Hain Steamship Co.
Weight
6809 grt
BP Length
458 feet
Breadth
60-6 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
15 knots
Propulsion
Quadruple Expansion
Official No.
161938
Registered
Glasgow
Fate
Sank
Somali

[The Wreck Site]
Sunk on the 27 March, 1941, two days after being bombed by Heinkel 111 and set on fire. Exploded while under tow. No casualties.
 
Somali was a cargo liner built in 1930 of 6,809 tons gross. A single screw steamship her engines were of quadruple expansion, reciprocating type, with the additional main drive shaft of a Bauer-Wach exhaust turbine. She was lost off Blyth, in the North Sea, on the 26th March 1940, whilst commodore ship of a convoy of twenty vessels which were mostly colliers.