Collection of Sea Wrecks from Mediterranean Sea.
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14 imagesThe Dalton is a small cargo boat of 70m of length built in 1877 which transported lead ingots when it failed on February 19th, 1928. With a thick fog, the boat struck the shallow tray which surrounds the southern part of the island and ran aground near the landing stage of the island. Le Dalton à l'île du Planier est un petit cargo de 70m de long construit en 1877 qui transportait des lingots de plomb lorsqu'il échoua le 19 février 1928. Avec un épais brouillard, le bateau heurta le plateau peu profond qui entoure la partie sud de l'île et s'échoua près du débarcadère de l'île.
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55 imagesThe Donator, or Prosper Schiaffino, is a freighter sunk by a mine in 1945 and located between the islands of Port-Cros and Porquerolles. It is one of the most beautiful wrecks in the Mediterranean. Donator was built in 1931 in Norway. It measured 78 m of length for 12 m of wide, for a speed de14 in 15 knots for a power of 1800 cv. Its resold in 1933 to the General Maritime Company of Armaments which renames it Small Earth and allocates it to the transport of bananas between the Metropolis and the Antilles. In 1939 it becomes the property of an Algerian Company of Navigation, the Company Schiaffino. This one was in the habit of baptizing the ships with the first names of members of the family, and Donator becomes then the Prosper Schiaffino. This company, which had twenty buildings in 1939, lost 19 during the Second World War: 13 by torpedoes, mines, and 6 by bombing while they were at anchor. He was converted into a pinardier. Used for the transport of troops and equipment during the war, it found the transport of wine at the liberation. On November 10, 1945, the Prosper Schiaffino sailed for Spain with 29 sailors on board, to protect itself from the mistral, it skirted the coast. In sight of Porquerolles, it passes to the south of the island, too close, and encounters a field of residual mines. An explosion occurs forward at 1:15 p.m. The bow almost detaches from the ship. In 4 minutes, it sinks from the front, the rear almost vertically. Two victims will be counted. He rests on a sandy bottom at 48 meters, the bridge goes up to 44 meters.
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23 imagesThe messerschmitt 109 is a German, single fighter and a single-engined aircraft. The plane was shot down during the Second World War by Lithtning. After a perfect sea landing, the holy and safe pilot swimming to the island of Planier every close. Le messerschmitt 109 est un avion de chasse allemand, monoplace et monomoteur. L'avion fut abattu pendant la seconde guerre mondiale par un Lithtning. Après un amerrissage parfait, le pilote saint et sauf gagna à la nage l’île de Planier toute proche.
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16 imagesSpahis is an steam ship of 52,80 m of length and 7,45 m of wide launched in 1864. On October 9th, 1887, with 20 men of crew and 80 passengers, Spahis, blinded by the thunderstorm, in a black night, throws itself on the site of Fourmigue. Le Spahis est un vapeur en fer de 52,80 m de long et 7,45 m de large lancé en 1864. Le 9 octobre 1887, avec 20 hommes d'équipage et 80 passagers, le Spahis, aveuglé par l'orage, dans une nuit noire, se jette sur le sec de la Fourmigue.