Portfolio Category: WreckPecio

Name: Blas de Lezo Type: Military, light cruiser Nationality: Spanish . Spanish Armada. Date of sinking: 11th July 1932 Crew: 320 Cause: Water leak Location: Coast of Finisterre. Key features: The Blas de Lezo cruiser was a military ship built in 1923 in Ferrol by the Spanish Naval Construction Company. Powered by steam, it had…

Name: HMS CAPTAIN Type: Military, armoured turret. Nationality: British. British Royal Navy, Admiralty, London. Date of sinking: 7th September 1870 Crew: 501 Victims: 483 Cause: Loss of stability. Location: Cape Finisterre. GPS: 42° 36.9900'N 009° 23.4790'W Key features: It could be said that the HMS Captain was one of the most spectacular and innovative ships of…

Name: BAYONNAISE Type: 16th Century Ship Nationality: Frech. Date of sinking: 28th November 1803 Crew: 250 approx. Cause: War. Location: Langosteira Beach, Fisterra. GPS: 42° 55.103'N 009° 15.579'W Key features: The Bayonnaise was a spectacular corvette with a wooden hull lined in copper that had three masts. It had a displacement of 310 tons and was…

Type: ARIETE – D36 Type: FFast Frigate military submarine. Nationality: Spanish. Spanish Armada. Date of sinking: 26th February 1966 Cause: Mechanical failure. Ran aground because of the storm. Location: Ardeleiro, Lira, municipality of Muros. GPS: 42° 47.709'N 009° 08.975'W Key features: The frigate Ariete - D36 was built in 1955 in Ferrol, in the shipyards…