# SS Said

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Egyptian cargo ship that got sunk by German submarine

History Name Limande Vincenzo G. Said Owner Abdel Kader Eff. El Tartoussieh Port of registry Egypt, Alexandria Builder Cammell Laird & Co. Completed 1886 Acquired 1886 Maiden voyage 1886 In service 1886 Fate Shelled and sunk 8 June 1942 General characteristics Type Cargo ship Tonnage 231 GRT Crew 14

**SS *Said*** was an Egyptian [cargo ship](/source/Cargo_ship) that the German submarine [*U-83*](/source/U-83_(1941)) shelled and sunk on 8 June 1942 in the [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea) 15 nautical miles (28 km) southwest of [Jaffa](/source/Jaffa), [Palestine](/source/Palestine_(region)). *Said* was carrying 50 to 60 tons worth of general cargo including [tobacco](/source/Tobacco) from [Mersin](/source/Mersin), [Turkey](/source/Turkey) to [Alexandria](/source/Alexandria), [Egypt](/source/Egypt).[1]

## Construction

*Said* was built at the Cammell Laird & Co. shipyard in [Birkenhead](/source/Birkenhead), United Kingdom in 1886. Where she was launched and completed that same year. She was assessed at 231 [GRT](/source/Gross_register_tonnage).[2]

## Sinking

While *Said* was on her usual route from [Mersin](/source/Mersin) to [Alexandria](/source/Alexandria) with 50 to 60 tons of general cargo including [tobacco](/source/Tobacco), she was spotted by the German submarine [*U-83*](/source/U-83_(1941)) at 05.11 am on 8 June 1942. *U-83* fired two torpedoes at her but both missed. After the failed attack, *U-83* surfaced and barraged *Said* with 50 rounds from the submarines deck gun. *Said* sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) southwest of [Jaffa](/source/Jaffa), [Palestine](/source/Palestine_(region)) with the loss of five of her 14 crew.[2]

## Wreck

The wreck of *Said* lies at a depth of 58 metres (190 ft 3 in) at ([32°09′N 34°26′E / 32.150°N 34.433°E / 32.150; 34.433](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=SS_Said&params=32_09_N_34_26_E_)).[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ASM_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ASM_1-1) ["Said"](https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1755.html). uboat.net. 1995. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NHE_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NHE_2-1) ["SS Said \[+1942\]"](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58465). wrecksite.eu. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1942 Shipwrecks 1 Jun: HMAS Kuttabul, Malmö 2 Jun: U-652 3 Jun: USS Bunting, Iron Chieftain, Northwestern 4 Jun: Iron Crown, Kaga, Sōryū 5 Jun: Akagi, C.O. Stillman, Hiryū 6 Jun: USS Hammann, Mikuma 7 Jun: Coast Trader, Edith, USS Gannet, USS Yorktown 8 Jun: Agios Georgios IV, Said 10 Jun: Abkhazia, Empire Clough 12 Jun: HMS Grove 13 Jun: Gruziya, Supetar, U-157 15 Jun: HMS Airedale, HMS Bedouin, City of Oxford, HMS Hasty, Thurso, Trento 16 Jun: Argo, HMS Hermione, ORP Kujawiak, Managua, HMAS Nestor, Port Nicholson 17 Jun: HMS Wild Swan 18 Jun: Macdhui 19 Jun: USS S-27, Shch-214, USS YP-389, Nissan Maru 20 Jun: Fort Camosun 21 Jun: HMS P514, HMSAS Parktown 22 Jun: Rio Tercero 23 Jun: USAT Major General Henry Gibbins, Resolute 25 Jun: Yamakaze 26 Jun: Putney Hill 27 Jun: Las Choapas, Tuxpam 29 Jun: Diana, Everalda, Thomas McKean, William Rockefeller 30 Jun: Express, USS Hornbill, HMS Medway, U-158 Other incidents 3 Jun: Luigi Torelli 6 Jun: Luigi Torelli 7 Jun: USS Grayling 9 Jun: Kronprinsen 11 Jun: USS S-28 14 Jun: HMS Liverpool 15 Jun: HMS Newcastle 21 Jun: Strale 26 Jun: Matagalpa 1941 1942 1943 May 1942 July 1942

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