SS Cotovia

[auder]

Dear Divers!

My name is Auder Lisboa, I'm from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

I'm looking for information about a ship called "SS Cotovia".
I am very curious to know details of this ship, like:
This ship was constructed?? What is its history??

I have a "blue print" of this Ship (by inheritance), where it is written:

(right baseboard):
Irvine’s Ship Building and Dry Docks Co. Ltd.
8/2/1911
West Hartlepool

(left baseboard):
Nº. 506

(at the top):
General Arrangement
Dimensions
Lenght. B.P. 370’-0”
Breadth Extreme 50’-3”
Depth Moulded 27’-5”

(In the verse):
General Arrangement
Plan: SS.Cotovia
And:
General Arrangement
SS.506

I put some photos of this blue print at:

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/7636/detalhe10ly.jpg
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8559/geral3td.jpg
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/1811/legendageneral0ka.jpg
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http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3022/detalhe24sw.jpg
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2940/verso16xl.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2161/proa8as.jpg
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5128/verso2cotovia5di.jpg
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/4420/legendairvine1xt.jpg

I am very grateful for any information! Thank you very much!

Auder Machado Vieira Lisboa
Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

 

[MarkH]

Here's a quote from this site: http://www.beyondmagazine.co.uk/wreck/dnlights.htm"One month after the sinking of the Tosto the UC-49 was once more active off Orkney, laying a minefield off Kirkwall and claiming the 4020-ton steamship Cotovia along with her cargo of flax. The Cotovia, built at West Hartlepool in 1911, ended her days on 22 July 1917, sinking in 40m of water. And here she lay forgotten until four years ago when she was found accidentally by Mark Halsted, skipper of the dive boat 'Sunrise' while on route to the Northern Isles - even the local fisherman didn't seem to know of the Cotovia. I first dived the wreck three years ago from the 'Jean Elaine' and the visibility was amazing, from 15m down I could see the top of her engine block covered in dead men's fingers. The wreck is flat with her three boilers and engine block standing proud, shell cases were strewn about the stern where the prop shaft ends. This is a big wreck and it will take two or more dives to see it all - a good nitrox dive!". There is lots of similar info from the UK if you do a search on "SS Cotovia wreck". Admit it. You're not really Brazilian. Otherwise you wouldn't let this distract you from the World Cup.

 

[flw]

The Cotovia is now regularly dived, at least in the summer months by the liveaboard boats from Stromness. The waters are very tidal, but usually clear. She's the epitomy of a 'flat-packed' wreck with just the (huge) boilers and engines standing clear. Very scenic howewer, with plenty of life ( and there used to be portholes, not sure if there still are) - oh and a great excuse to spend the evening in the pub in Stronsay afterwards

Fi