ENJOY, PROTECT, SHOW THE SPANISH UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE
ENJOY, PROTECT, SHOW THE SPANISH UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE
The ferry Don Pedro, in charge of the Ibiza-Denia route, sank on July 11, 2007 after running aground against a shallow part of the Dado Small islet. There were no fatalities. It lies on the sand near the port of Ibiza between 26 and 47 meters deep. Diving therefore requires some experience as a diver. The ship has been covered with life in a gradual colonization that increases every ...
The Spanish freighter Francisquita, coming from the port of Seville with 100 tons of beet pulp and a consignment of cork, sank on December 17, 1952, 1.4 miles NW of Punta Nati on the coast of Menorca as a result of the rudder breakage and a large waterway caused by a collision with a rock that occurred in the middle of the night during the height of a ...
Sailing ship sunk about four miles from the port of Ibiza in the early 90s of last century, at a maximum depth of 48 meters. Apparently, it was due to running aground with a low due to confusion. This 20-meter long, two-masted sailboat is perched on a sandy bottom, slightly heeled to port and with the jib raised. Abundant bogas, and in the hull countless ...
This French freighter suffers a tragic maritime accident off the coast of the extreme SW of the island of Menorca on January 2, 1929 when it collides with the Escull des Governador. The incident had a very rapid outcome, as the ship sank in a short time some 500 meters to the south, taking most of its crew with it. At a depth of 30 to 38 meters, ...
Small fishing boat of about 20 meters in length sunk in April 1982 between the island of Dragonera and the coast of Mallorca. In this wreck, quite deteriorated, where only collapsed steel plates are seen, a colony of conger eels and moray eels of considerable size has been established, which are used to the presence of divers. For this reason it is known by the name of "Pecio de los Congrios"….
2.8 kilometers from Cala Bona (Mallorca) and 14 meters deep are the archaeological remains of a merchant ship from the 13th century. It is known as the "Wreck of the Columns", since it transported from some quarry on the Italian peninsula a shipment of columns and white marble capitals, today disappeared. The frames can still be seen, four iron cannons "pedreros" that fired stone projectiles the size ...
Launched in 1921, it was the first type B submarine of the Spanish Navy. Operated off the coasts of Morocco in 1922 during the War of Africa, it was already in dry dock when the Spanish civil war began, in which it only carried out operations of little interest. In 1949 it was used as a target ship in military maneuvers and sunk by a flotilla of destroyers. Located a few miles ...