Corveta Afonso Cerqueira
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Location
Madeira
Dive Type
Recreational
Dive Site
Sea
What you will see
Wreck
Average Depth:
15mts
Maximum Depth:
30mts
Water Temperature:
14ºC-24ºC
The Corvette Afonso Cerqueira, after Madeirense, a merchant navy ship that linked the islands of the archipelago, and Corvette General Pereira D'Eça, (spot “Cordeca”, here in Portugal Dive website), is the third ship to go deep into the seas of the Madeira Archipelago.
The objective was the creation of a road map of artificial reefs with environmental tourism potentialities.
The Corvette Afonso Cerqueira, who belongs to the same class as General Pereira d´Eça, is 85 meters long and 14 meters high. Built in 1973, it served in the Navy for over 40 years, with a regular crew of seven officers, 14 sergeants, and 51 sailors.
The ship, which was decontaminated and stripped of all toxic material, was sunk by cutting explosives, and now lies 400 meters offshore at a depth of about 30 meters. Fifteen meters is the depth at the bridge.
--Photos By Pedro Vasconcelos and Wojciech Zgola
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The objective was the creation of a road map of artificial reefs with environmental tourism potentialities.
The Corvette Afonso Cerqueira, who belongs to the same class as General Pereira d´Eça, is 85 meters long and 14 meters high. Built in 1973, it served in the Navy for over 40 years, with a regular crew of seven officers, 14 sergeants, and 51 sailors.
The ship, which was decontaminated and stripped of all toxic material, was sunk by cutting explosives, and now lies 400 meters offshore at a depth of about 30 meters. Fifteen meters is the depth at the bridge.
--Photos By Pedro Vasconcelos and Wojciech Zgola