THE BOW OF THE ROMAGNA
The History
Description:
The guide-rope we follow as we descend takes us directly to the bow of the wreck of the Romagna. The wreck looks almost like a pyramid as it rises out of the sandy seabed at a depth of 43 metres (The dive itself has a depth of approximately 40 metres)
We can clearly see the hawse (the hoe the anchor chain goes through) and as we swim round the bow we can see the twisted hatch of the hold where the chains were stored. In the twisted metal we can see a multitude of striped bream and the occasional conger eel. Returning to the guide rope we head back to the surface, with a decompression stop
en-route.
Arrivederci Prua.
Wreck information
Type pf ship:tanker
Date of construction:1899
Registration number:1325
Date of sinking:2 Agosto 1943
Cause of the sinking: hit by a magnetic mine
Size of wreck: approx. 10 x 15 metre
Tonnage:
Location: the Gulf of Cagliari
Dive information
Position: the wreck lies on a sandy sea-bed and forms a pyramid
Seabed: sandy
Difficulty: Medium
Depth:42 metres
Current: dependant on the weather conditions, generally present when the wind is northerly.
Visibility: excellent in the summer, variable in the winter and spring.
Maximum summer temperature:18°C
Minimum winter temperature: 13 °C
Of particular interest:
The chains and hatches that are still vsisible.
Flora and fauna: brown grouper (Epinephelus marginatus); Sea bream (Diplodus sspp.)
DIVING FROM
CAGLIARI
SEE LOGISTICS
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