FISH IN SPAIN

Bulkcarrier of Naviera Bilbaína S.A. which came from the port of Almería with a shipment of iron ore destined for ENSIDESA, which it had to unload at the port of Avilés. The ship was in a terrible state of conservation, and on January 15, 1986, less than 3 miles from its expected arrival at the Avilés bar, it did not withstand a storm that ended up breaking its warehouses, ...

This Croatian mining merchant made the route from Vizcaya (Spain) to Turkey, loading 5,492 tons of pyrite ash. On August 13, 1992, 2 miles northeast of Ribadesella, the ship took an unstable list: 25º, due to a cargo shift, and despite the fact that numerous troops came to help (two tugboats, two support vessels, a helicopter) very heeled to starboard, sinks irretrievably….

On the Asturian slope of the Ría del Eo, in the Llan cove, between Arnao beach and the Punta da Cruz cape (in Castropol), an underwater archaeological site was located in 2007 by four divers from the Figueras Aquatic Activities club (FIGAS). It is believed that the remains found come from the Spanish frigates "El Galgo de Andalucía" and "San Francisco", sunk in 1719 when the ...

Cargo ship of the Compañía Vasco Asturiana sunk on April 15, 1905 in the vicinity of Los Palos de Poo, a mile and a half from Puerto de Llanes. He made the crossing from Bilbao to Avilés. The cause of the sinking was a waterway that the ship's crew could not repair. Thanks to several ships that came to the rescue, the crew was brought to safety. In the…

British freighter flying the Hong-Kong flag and Indian crew (a total of 17 people) that had set sail from Dublin with 5,280 tons of zinc concentrates for the Asturiana de Zinc company and seemed ready to dock in the port of Avilés when a storm he made the one in Gijón go. But in that maneuver due to a waterway it was adrift and sank at about ...