CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION – GHOSTS OF THE DEEP…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. v
PART I
The Wrecks of Sri Lanka…………………………………………………………… 1
Colombo……………………………………………………………………………………… 2
Chapter ONE
World War I: The Kills of a Wolf…………………………………………………………. 5
Chapter TWO
Pecheur Breton: The Colombo Cargo Wreck……………………………….. 27
Chapter THREE
The Battery Barge……………………………………………………………………………………. 35
Chapter FOUR
Nilgiri: In the kingdom of Lionfish…………………………………………………… 42
Chapter FIVE
The Taprobane-East Wreck………………………………………………………………….. 51
Chapter SIX
The Wallet Wreck……………………………………………………………………………………. 60
Chapter SEVEN
Medhufaru…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 67
Chapter EIGHT
The Coal Wreck………………………………………………………………………………………….. 78
Chapter NINE
Car Carrier Chief Dragon……………………………………………………………………… 82
Chapter TEN
MV Thermopylae Sierra…………………………………………………………………………. 91
Chapter ELEVEN
BATHTHAL MUHUDA – THE OCEAN OF BARGES……………………………………. 101
Chapter TWELVE
MV Astoria…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 113
Chapter THIRTEEN
The Nilkete Wrecks……………………………………………………………………………….. 120
Chapter FOURTEEN
Clarke’s Wreck………………………………………………………………………………………… 126
Chapter FIFTEEN
Moratuwa GUN BOAT……………………………………………………………………………… 135
Trincomalee…………………………………………………………………………….. 138
Chapter SIXTEEN
The Irrakkandy Ship Wreck: SS Ava………………………………………………… 140
Chapter SEVENTEEN
HMS Diomede and HMS Sheerness…………………………………………………….. 144
Chapter EIGHTEEN
World War II Aircraft…………………………………………………………………………. 147
Chapter NINETEEN
Sri Lankan Navy Gunboats…………………………………………………………………. 153
Batticaloa………………………………………………………………………………. 156
Chapter TWENTY
HMS Hermes……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 159
Chapter TWENTY-ONE
The Brennus Shoal Wrecks………………………………………………………………… 177
Pasikudah to Vakarai…………………………………………………………………. 183
Chapter TWENTY-TWO
SS Lady McCallum……………………………………………………………………………………. 185
Chapter TWENTY-THREE
The SS British Sergeant……………………………………………………………………….. 188
Chapter TWENTY-FOUR
The Graveyard of Shipwrecks………………………………………………………….. 198
Chapter TWENTY-FIVE
The RAF Dutch Squadron Catalina Y-78……………………………………….. 206
Kalmunai………………………………………………………………………………… 218
Chapter TWENTY-SIX
World War II—At the Edge of the Continental Shelf…………. 220
Chapter TWENTY-SEVEN
MV Ledra……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 239
Galle……………………………………………………………………………………… 242
Chapter TWENTY-EIGHT
SS Rangoon…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 245
Chapter TWENTY-NINE
SS Orestes…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 250
Chapter THIRTY
SS Conch………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 256
Chapter THIRTY-ONE
THE Earl of Shaftesbury…………………………………………………………………….. 260
Other Shipwreck Sites……………………………………………………………….. 265
Chapter THIRTY-TWO
MV Tricolor………………………………………………………………………………………………. 267
Chapter THIRTY-THREE
Great Basses & Little Basses Wrecks…………………………………………….. 272
PART II
Chasing ghosts – The stories beyond wrecks………………………. 283
Chapter THIRTY-FOUR
Finding the Bell of the SS Worcestershire –
End of a long journey………………………………………………………………………….. 284
Chapter THIRTY-FIVE
In search of his great-grandfather’s ship –
MV Tricolor………………………………………………………………………………………………. 290
Chapter THIRTY-SIX
From Cargo Wreck to Pecheur Breton………………………………………… 292
Chapter THIRTY-SEVEN
The Hermes Adventure………………………………………………………………………… 296
Chapter THIRTY-EIGHT
Air crash investigation – unravelling a deep mystery……….. 302
Chapter THIRTY-NINE
The story of SS Ava and Captain Cooper Kirton………………………. 306
Chapter FORTY
Ship Graveyards………………………………………………………………………………………. 308
Chapter FORTY-ONE
The flower class……………………………………………………………………………………. 310
Chapter FORTY-TWO
Tango with Orestes………………………………………………………………………………. 312
Chapter FORTY-THREE
Nailing it with a fork – From “Allison & McLeelan”
to Lady McCallum SS……………………………………………………………………………… 313
Chapter FORTY-FOUR
Saved from oblivion – The relics of the SS Rangoon…………….. 314
A STORY OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……………………………………………………………………………………………… 316
References/Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 319
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