Type: minelayer. Year of construction: 1927. Shipyard: Cantieri Reali-Castellammare di Stabia (Italy). Nationality: Italian, normal load displacement: 680 tons, full load displacement: 755 tons, length 66.0 metres. Metres of width: 10.0 metres. Power plant: 2 diesel engines (FIAT-Torino), horse rating axis: 700, screw propellers: 2, speed: 2. speed: 10 knots, arming: 1 75/40 mm cannon and 2 machine-guns. It is rigged for the transport and laying of 54 mine liners, crew: 71 men. Date of sinking 9 September 1943, cause of sinking: cannoning, min. depth: 20 metres, max. Depth: 37 metres, deep sea: mud, distance from the shore: 1.5 miles from Quarto.
The ship appears divided in one stump completely overturned. The diving begins from stem in correspondence with the two axes of the screw propellers, no more there. It starts from a rope put by the scuba divers, continuing along the broad side towards the stern turned to north. You can feel a strong tentation to enter inside but it is absolutely not advisable.
The structure is really damaged and it risks collapsing at any moment. Using a good torch you can see the engines still whole and hung upside down. Anyway we can catch a glimpse of many other forms which outline the deck.
The ship appears divided in one stump completely overturned. The diving begins from stem in correspondence with the two axes of the screw propellers, no more there. It starts from a rope put by the scuba divers, continuing along the broad side towards the stern turned to north. You can feel a strong tentation to enter inside but it is absolutely not advisable.
The structure is really damaged and it risks collapsing at any moment. Using a good torch you can see the engines still whole and hung upside down. Anyway we can catch a glimpse of many other forms which outline the deck.
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