ENJOY, PROTECT, SHOW THE SPANISH UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE
ENJOY, PROTECT, SHOW THE SPANISH UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE
Cargo ship with the Panamanian flag chartered by a British broker shot down by Franco's naval forces off the Cantabrian coast, near Laredo Bay, during the Spanish civil war. He was well established by the national intelligence service as an enforcer of the blockade to carry cargoes to the Republican ports of the North zone. The executing Francoist ship was the "Galerna". This was a fishing boat captured by the side ...
The Spanish freighter Antarctico ran aground on October 6, 1959 west of Las Quebrantas at the entrance to Santander, when it made the route from Lobito (Angola) to Santander and was transporting 5,000 tons of manganese. After repeated rescue attempts in the port, it was finally split in two by a storm on October 25 and the force of the sea began to undo the unfortunate ship that ended by ...
Shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the battleship "Spain", moored in Ferrol, and no longer in operational use due to its antiquity, was taken by the National Forces. They quickly conditioned it to operate in the Cantabrian Sea, accompanied by the destroyer "Velasco", on missions to blockade the Republican coast. On April 30, 1937, while trying to intercept an English freighter, off the coast of Santander, opposite ...
This ship, owned by Naviera Ferros, made the route from Gijón to Bilbao with a full load of coal. On December 16, 1925, at 9 pm, he crossed the road with the ship "Antonio" and collided with it. It suffered very considerable damage and a large waterway. An attempt was made to tow him to Bilbao, but navigating through Punta del Caballo, at 2.2 ...
This British steam freighter sank off the Cantabrian coast on May 14, 1901 after running aground on the route from St. Nazaire to Santander. Well preserved, it is 66 meters deep. The minimum titration required for the dive is Normoxic Trimix. Various sources
The Spanish cargo ship Río Miera, on December 6, 1951, suffered a collision and sank 4 miles from Cabo Mayor. At a depth between 38 and 45 meters in an area with strong currents, diving requires a high level of diving. Large congers, san pedro fish, lobsters and sometimes sunfish can be found on the wreck. Various sources
Scotland, a stern-engine coalman under the Norwegian flag, in 1938, loaded with 850 tons of iron pyrite at Hinojedo and bound for France, was surprised by a strong storm surge when it crossed the bar of Suances and the cornet of the mouth of the Traviesa de Adentro, which caused its deviation and collided with some stones on the canal bank. In his attempt to reach ...