SS Inkosi (1902)

History
Name: SS Inkosi
Builder: Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen
Launched: 1902
Fate: Sunk on 28 March 1918
General characteristics
Class and type: Steam merchant ship
Tonnage: 3,661 tons
Length: 350 ft

SS Inkosi was a 3661-ton British steamship built in 1902. She was torpedoed and sunk during the First World War by the German U-boat SM U-96 on 28 March 1918, while on passage from Liverpool for Lamlash and Pernambuco with a general cargo and coal. Three crew were lost with the vessel. [1]

The wreck now lies 6½ miles south of Burrow Head in Scotland. (12½ miles NNW of Point of Ayr, Isle of Man, 34 miles west of Whitehaven, England). GPS position 54° 35.463N 004° 24.884W

Largely intact, other than a split about ½ way down (due to the torpedo blast) and considerable collapse of superstructure, she lies on her starboard side at approx 45° with her bow pointing to the SE. The wreck is occasionally dived on.

References

  1. ↑ Shipwrecks of the Isle of Man by Adrian Corkill ISBN 0-7524-2698-2

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