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Wrecksea of The Sagona also called The Greek, Porquerolles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
This Cargo ship was built in 1912 in Scotland, the Sagona called "the Greek" measured 54 m long and 8.5 m wide and weighed 808 tons.
The Sagona was shipwrecked in similar circumstances to the Prosper Schiaffino, more frequently called Donator, a few weeks after it on December 3, 1945. Like the Donator, it struck a floating mine while carrying a cargo of wine southeast of Porquerolles a few hundred miles meters apart and sinking under the Panamanian flag. The toll of the sinking is two dead and one sailor missing. The name of the Greek comes from the fact that the crew was of Greek nationality next to the identification realized by divers from the National Navy who discovered documents written in Greek.
The majestically beautiful wreck lies on a sandy bottom at a depth of 48m. It was cut into two pieces following the explosion, about fifty meters separating the front from the rest of the boat. The main part rests straight on its keel, like the Donator. We can observe the winch, the propeller, the holds filled with debris from barrels, the chimney, the mast lying on the port side.
The flora and fauna are exuberant there. The corridors are invaded by red and two-tone gorgonians and the entire wreck is coated with gigantic schools of fish, composed of marine goldfish, white sea bream and Mediterranean chromis. It is also home to large numbers of groupers, moray eels and common dentex. The wreck has become a sanctuary for all Mediterranean flora and fauna.
This Cargo ship was built in 1912 in Scotland, the Sagona called "the Greek" measured 54 m long and 8.5 m wide and weighed 808 tons.
The Sagona was shipwrecked in similar circumstances to the Prosper Schiaffino, more frequently called Donator, a few weeks after it on December 3, 1945. Like the Donator, it struck a floating mine while carrying a cargo of wine southeast of Porquerolles a few hundred miles meters apart and sinking under the Panamanian flag. The toll of the sinking is two dead and one sailor missing. The name of the Greek comes from the fact that the crew was of Greek nationality next to the identification realized by divers from the National Navy who discovered documents written in Greek.
The majestically beautiful wreck lies on a sandy bottom at a depth of 48m. It was cut into two pieces following the explosion, about fifty meters separating the front from the rest of the boat. The main part rests straight on its keel, like the Donator. We can observe the winch, the propeller, the holds filled with debris from barrels, the chimney, the mast lying on the port side.
The flora and fauna are exuberant there. The corridors are invaded by red and two-tone gorgonians and the entire wreck is coated with gigantic schools of fish, composed of marine goldfish, white sea bream and Mediterranean chromis. It is also home to large numbers of groupers, moray eels and common dentex. The wreck has become a sanctuary for all Mediterranean flora and fauna.
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- Sagona Wreck Dive - Mediterranean Sea - France (In build)
