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The Kolhoylt at The Red Sea Wreck Project

The Koholyt

The Adamantia “K” was originally built as the 844 GRT cargo ship Marienburg at Bremer Vulkan Werke, Stettiner Oberwerke Stettin-Grabow (Yard No. 674) for the Neue Dampfer Companie, Stettin. Construction of the ship commenced in 1919 and was completed in May of 1920 with a length of 61.7 meters LPP (64-65 meters LOA), beam of 9.38 meters, and a draught of 3.85 meters. Propulsion was provided by a single 470-psi triple-expansion engine and a single screw for a speed of 9.5 knots. Crew compliment was 19 personnel.

In 1923 the ship was signed over to the Stettiner Dampfer Companie, Stettin (Paid off?)
And then sold to the Kohlen-Import & Poseidon Schiffahrt AG company in 1926 and renamed Koholyt.
While in the service of Kohlen-Import & Poseidon Schiffahrt AG, the ship was used in the evacuation of East German refugees in 1945 and re-home-ported to Kiel, Germany.

In 1946 she was sold to the Greek Government service and renamed Kastoria.

Transferred in 1948 to Loucas Nomicos, Piraeus and renamed Teti Nomicos.

And then, in 1953, she was sold to her final owner, Dimitrios Kopsastis, Piraeus, and renamed Adamantia K.

On 23 January 1948, while enroute to Piraeus from Port Sudan in ballast, the Adamantia K ran hard aground in the Fury Shoals at Hamata in the Abu Galawa reef system at approximate position 24.25N/35.20E. Stranded, she was written off as a total constructive loss.

 

Diving Information

The wreck has broken apart over the years as a result by having sat on top of the reef and being beaten by storms since she grounded in 1948. The hull has completely collapsed, exposing the main engine at about 4-meters of depth. The fore and aft sections of the ship can be located in opposite directions nearby in 8-meters of water.The wreck of the Adamantia K is a regular dive destination for recreational divers in the Red Sea.
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