Steam Ship Bremen.
Location: About 30 km from Pattaya beach,
in the channel between Koh Khram Yai and Sattahip on the
mainland in Chong Khram Channel at N 12.40.097/E 100.48.855.
Diving: Depth: 19-24m.
Visibility: 6-18m.
Conditions: There are strong currents because
of its placement on the strait of two islands. Built at:- George
See beck AG shipyard, Bremerhaven, Germany. Yard Number:- 173.
Tonnage : 2191 gross tonnage Length : 88,5 m Breadth : 11,9 m
Draught :7,3m. Engine : 3-times expansion-steam engine Power:
1150 Hp, Speed : 12,5 nm/h, Crew : 34.
24.09.1901: Launching under the name PETCHABURI for the
company North German Lloyd in Bremen. 28.10.1901:
Delivery to the North German Lloyd.
August 1914: At the beginning of World War I the PETCHABURI was interned in Bangkok.
27.07.1917: Confiscated by the Thais. New name: KAEO SAMUD.
27.12.1920: On a voyage from Bangkok to Swatow with rice on
board she ran ashore near Koh Sichang in the Gulf of Siam and sank.
The PETCHABURI Bremen sank , when a fire broke out in the
midships engine room. The resultant explosion buckled the
hull and damaged 110-metres steel hulled freighter to
rest on the sea bed 23-24 meters. Some of the cargo
was reportedly salvaged, then the ship was scuttled.
It rests up right on a sandy bottom, twisted and broken
up not by the above-mentioned vicissitudes, but by the
demolition practice inflicted on it by the Royal Thai
Navy, who for many years used it for bombing practice.
Contact Information.
Neptune Dive Center. 312/12 Pattaya 3rd Road, Pattaya, 20150, Chonburi, Thailand.
Tel: 038-720603 Fax: 038-720608
Mobile: English, Nederlands, Deutsch.
086-1532636
Mobile: Thai 081-1509562
Email:
scuba@tttmaxnet.com
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