ENJOY, PROTECT, SHOW THE SPANISH UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE
ENJOY, PROTECT, SHOW THE SPANISH UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE
The Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula was widely used by the allied merchant ships during the 1st World War as a transit route given the Spanish neutrality during the war. Therefore, the commanders of the German submarines included it as one of the main hunting points. Specifically, in the waters near the Alicante coastal city of Villajoyosa, the German submarine U64 attacked and sank ...
The Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula was widely used by the allied merchant ships during the 1st World War as a transit route given the Spanish neutrality during the war. Therefore, the commanders of the German submarines included it as one of the main hunting points. Specifically, in the waters near the Alicante coastal city of Villajoyosa, the German submarine U64 attacked and sank ...
The Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula was widely used by the allied merchant ships during the 1st World War as a transit route given the Spanish neutrality during the war. Therefore, the commanders of the German submarines included it as one of the main hunting points. Specifically, in the waters near the Alicante coastal city of Villajoyosa, the German submarine U64 attacked and sank ...
Cargo ship of about 45 meters in length sunk at the end of the 19th century and known as “El Vaporet”. It is about 2.6 miles from the port of Denia, heading NE, on a 33-meter sandy bottom. The ship is quite deteriorated and has practically no superstructure, preserving frames and some deck planks. Given the absence of nearby rock formations, many species find a good refuge in it….
About 50 meters from the Mascarat cliffs lie the remains of the Galiana, a fishing boat of approximately 15 meters in length sunk to a depth of 21 meters. There is a great diversity of fauna in the area. A medium-advanced level of diving is recommended. Source: greenwichdiving.com
These two freighters of about 50 meters in length sunk in the port of Burriana were refloated, removed from the port and re-anchored to create an artificial reef at the end of the 20th century. At about 22 meters deep, near the port of Burriana, you can find in them a large number of nudibranchs, gobies, hamsters, red mullet, glazed, bream ... and other typically Mediterranean fauna that have chosen them as ...
Mardinian was a British freighter that on a trip from Calcutta to London was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on May 19, 1917 off the coast of Santa Pola. In the area they know him as “el Cacahué” because after torpedoing him, cocoa beans, his cargo, which was mistaken for peanuts, arrived on the beach. It is between 47 and 56 meters deep. This wreck ...
The Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula was widely used by the allied merchant ships during the 1st World War as a transit route given the Spanish neutrality during the war. Therefore, the commanders of the German submarines included it as one of the main hunting points. Specifically, in the waters near the Alicante coastal city of Villajoyosa, the German submarine U64 attacked and sank ...
The Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula was widely used by the allied merchant ships during the 1st World War as a transit route given the Spanish neutrality during the war. Therefore, the commanders of the German submarines included it as one of the main hunting points. Specifically, in the waters near the Alicante coastal city of Villajoyosa, the German submarine U64 attacked and sank ...
Under the Italian flag, the freighter Participation, known locally as "Nina", was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Santa Pola on February 4, 1918, while making a route between Sicily and Liverpool with a cargo of oranges. and lemons. At a depth between 56 and 65 meters, it preserves the entire main structure. The bow, the main decks and the bridge are well preserved….
Sunk by the German submarine U-64, the ship is split into two halves at the height of the caldera that separates the bow from the rest of the ship. The bow lies on its port side revealing its majestic starboard anchor with its respective winch and a perfectly stowed paraban on its port side. In the part of the ship that exploded the torpedo you can see perfectly ...
The SS FERRONA IMO137411 was a merchant ship with the English flag and Liverpool registration of 121.5 meters in length by 15.5 in depth, and 4,590 tons of record. It was built by Short Brothers. Ltd. in Sunderland, with slipway number 378 and delivered in November 1914. It was a classic four warehouses with mezzanines plus the additional one between the bridge and the machine, it had a single chimney on ...