HMS Salvia (1941): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

HMS Salvia 1941

Marker: recorded wreck position (Second World War).

Key facts

Name	HMS Salvia	Wikidata label
Year lost	1941	English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed)
Era	Second World War	derived from year
Ship type	corvette	Wikidata P31 instance of
Cause of loss	War action	Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence
Nationality / flag	United Kingdom	Wikidata P8047 country of registry
Operator	Royal Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	World War II	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	Mediterranean Sea	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coast	Egypt	Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 40 km from land
Position	31.4600, 28.0000	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

HMS Salvia (K97) was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She was ordered on the eve of the Second World War and entered service in September 1940. She rescued many survivors from the prison ship SS Shuntien when it was sunk on 23 December 1941. A few hours later, on Christmas Eve 1941, Salvia too was torpedoed. The corvette sank with all hands, and all of the survivors that she had rescued from Shuntien were also lost.

Location

Recorded position: 31.4600, 28.0000 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: Mediterranean Sea
Nearest coast: Egypt

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Salvia (K97) (revision 1374765699), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.