Wreck of SS Zeitieh (1911 - 1915)

3D Model

Steam ship for the tranport of materials and equipment in the oil industry. 37 meters in length and 6.7m wide. On January 26th, 1915, the British steel cargo ZEITIEH, built in 1911 at Maryport on voyage from Zeitieh to Gemsah with a cargo of piping and railway material, caught fire and sank, off Rassin Island. She was on anchor during a routine boiler burner change-out a fire started in the machinery space. The fire went out of control and eventually the ship developed a port list, either from fire-fighting water accumulating in the ship’s bilges, or machinery breaking loose and shifting. The port list was severe enough that the ship starting taking on water over the port side, causing her to roll and finally sink to the bottom, spilling its cargo of train track rails on the way down near position 27.42.0N/33.41.6E in 12 meters of water.

I scanned the wreck in July 2024 during one dive.

https://dive3d.eu/models/egypt/zeitieh/