Any SORIMA or Merida experts out there?

[Darren in NC]

Luigi Faggian left La Spezia in 1938 on the Italian ship Falco to salvage the Merida off Virginia. There's newspaper reports on this. I have a good bit of research on the Merida. But I have in my memory somewhere that Luigi Faggian was the director of SORIMA at that time. In cleaning up my research, I cannot find any proof of this. In fact, SORIMA got a contract subsequent to Faggian's salvage attempt, but never exercised it. This leads me to believe he was not acting on behalf of SORIMA when he came to Virginia. Anyone know if he was related to SORIMA or not?

 

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[achanceforgold]

Luigi Faggian left La Spezia in 1938 on the Italian ship Falco to salvage the Merida off Virginia. There's newspaper reports on this. I have a good bit of research on the Merida. But I have in my memory somewhere that Luigi Faggian was the director of SORIMA at that time. In cleaning up my research, I cannot find any proof of this. In fact, SORIMA got a contract subsequent to Faggian's salvage attempt, but never exercised it. This leads me to believe he was not acting on behalf of SORIMA when he came to Virginia. Anyone know if he was related to SORIMA or not?

I would say based on this he was
from the journal: "Fairplay weekly shipping journal"
Dated 1934

I hope this information is helpful

 

[achanceforgold]

oh, I just read about the Merida.
"At the time of Merida's loss, her total value including the ship and the cargo was estimated to be approximately US$2,000,000 (equivalent to $67,000,000 in 2024)"

I hope you get it!!!

 

[Darren in NC]

Thanks for engaging this achanceforgold. All other records show (and it is well known) that Giovanni Quaglia is the founder of SORIMA. This is why I am confused by this connection of Luigi Faggian. There is no mention of him in any reports of SORIMA or David Scott's books on the company. And to be clear, I am not "going after" the Merida. She was salvaged a long time ago. I'm just cleaning up my records.

 

[achanceforgold]

Thanks for engaging this achanceforgold. All other records show (and it is well known) that Giovanni Quaglia is the founder of SORIMA. This is why I am confused by this connection of Luigi Faggian. There is no mention of him in any reports of SORIMA or David Scott's books on the company. And to be clear, I am not "going after" the Merida. She was salvaged a long time ago. I'm just cleaning up my records.

I see your Delima.
The information is scarce at best.
This is a 1939 article.

here is a snippet of an Italian article.

Rivista nautica rowing, yachting, Marina militare e mercantile
Nautical magazine rowing, yachting, navy and merchant navy

Merida » . Palombari Italiani in America . Un nuovo tentativo di ricupero ... Luigi Faggian , a bordo del <<< Fal- CO » piroscafo di modesto tonnellaggio ... Merida » , ch'era partito da Vera Cruz per il consueto servizio tra il

Merida » . Italian Divers in America . A new attempt at recovery ... Luigi Faggian , on board the <<< Fal-CO » steamship of modest tonnage ... Merida » , which had left Vera Cruz for the usual service between the