Maritime record MWX2216 - Gallia (Olive Branch)

Ex-OLIVE BRANCH. Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-40. (1) Source (5) states the vessel was torpedoed 24 miles WNW of Portland Bill. Built: 1887 Builder: Bartram, Haswell andamp; Co. Where Built: Sunderland Propulsion: screw driven 3 cylinder triple expansion engine Date of Loss Qualifier: A

The wreck lies north south across the tide. A feature amidships is one of her boilers, which has partially fallen out of her hull. … The hull still stands up to a full 7m from the sea bed depth of 37m. (7)

gross tonnage

Positon 50 26.41N 1 48.10 W taken from (7)

(9) considers this wreck to be that of the Hartburn

Ownership history:
OLIVE BRANCH (1887-1914): Nautilus Steam Sg Co Ltd. Sunderland
GALLIA (1914-1917a): Servizio Italo Spagnuolo de Nav a Vapore. Genoa, Italy
GALLIA (1917a-1917b): Medici Lucotti Cerrano. Genoa, Italy
GALLIA (1917b-): Federazione Italiana dei Consorzi Agrari. Genoa, Italy (10)

<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<2> Larn, R, and Larn, B, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 6, Dorset (AJ) Vol 1 (Monograph). SWX4541.

<3> Von Munching, L, 1968, Merchant shipping losses of Allied, neutral and central powers during and shortly after World War I, p36 (Monograph). SWX4751.

<4> Hocking, Charles, 1990, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam, p262 (Monograph). SWX4536.

<5> 1990, Lloyds war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918, p180 (Index). SWX4540.

<6> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 130 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<7> Hinchcliffe, J and V, 1999, Dive Dorset: a diver guide (3rd Edition), Wreck 282 p198 (Monograph). SWX1.

<8> Receiver of Wreck, Droit of the Receiver of Wreck A/1426 (Unpublished document). SWX438.

<9> Wendes, D, 2006, South Coast Shipwrecks off East Dorset & Wight 1870 - 1979 (Monograph). SDO10496.

<10> Miramar Ship Index www.miramarshipindex.org.nz, Accessed 06-MAR-2017 (Digital archive). SDO20161.

<11> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1148562 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 3 2024 1:59PM