Features:

• Owner: A/S Ocean ( John P. Pedersen & Son, Managers )
• Fate: Sank on November 26,1964 after colliding with the 25,230 ton SS Shalom
• Status: Wrecked, lying on starboard side on the bottom at a depth of 130'
• Port of registry: Oslo, Norway
• Gross tonnage: 12,723
• Type of vessel: M-class tanker
• Builder: Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Dimensions: 582' x 70' x 30'
• Power: Oil engine (diesel)

Details: This historical 8 x 10 inch glossy photo of the Stolt Dagali is from a personal collection of hundreds of ships and shipwreck photos produced in the late 1970's and early 80's. All photos have been protected by glassine envelopes in a temperature/humidity controlled environment and they look as glossy as the day they were produced. The Stolt's stern section is one-hundred-forty feet long. Lying on its starboard side at a depth of 130 feet, it rises as high as 65 feet from the surface. The wreck offers the ultimate in penetration diving, with doorways leading to large, wide corridors, and ample light piercing two deck levels through double rows of portholes. Inside, the partitions have given way, leaving unblocked long passageways full of debris, broken furniture, ship's appliances, and personal effects. Divers should be aware, however, that the right-angle list is quite disorienting: the decks and overheads are vertical, the bulkheads are horizontal, and the stairwells on their sides. The stairs are now collapsed. Beware that large cavities in the decks make it possible to switch levels unknowingly, especially during a silt-out. One can enter the engine room through the gaping skylights then descend past ghostly catwalks and railings all the way down to the massive rocker arms and the bedplates below. Safer to explore is the chief engineer's office, which occupies the superstructure house, because the roof has rusted away. An outside companionway goes completely around the perimeter, with the portion on the sand appearing like a long black tunnel. Doorways and rust holes permit access to the interior from inside the companionway. For the underwater photographer, the Stolt Dagali is a dream site. Ambient light visibility often ranges between fifty and one hundred feet, sometimes more.

Item Condition: New