Co. Cork Wreck List "B"
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Vessel Type:

Spanish Trawler

Location: Co. Cork
Date of Loss: 25th December 2000 Place: Bere Island
Cause of Loss: Foundered Boat Dive from: Castletownbere Harbour
Charted Depth: 15m Irish O.S. Map: Discovery Series No. 84 or 88
Height of Wreck: 4m Admiralty Chart No: 2184
Hull Material: Steel Latitude:
Type of Seabed: Sand Longitude:
Average Visibility: 10m + Diving Experience: Experienced Novice
No image listed.

Diving Information:

  • Lies off the east end of Bere Island between Roancarrigmore and Roancarrigbeg Rocks.
  • Site is conveniently marked by an "Isolated Danger" buoy (black and red).
  • She is sitting almost upright with only slight damage to the hull.
  • Everything is still there - prop, wheel, captains chair, electronics etc.
  • Warning!! Some fishing nets are snagged on the wreck.

Historical Information:

  • Built in 1961 and is named after the Zorrozaurre peninsula in the Basque region of Spain and was registered in Plymouth.
  • She measured 36.0 x 6.6 x 3.6 metres with a gross weight of 250 tonnes.
  • While 140 miles south of Bantry she ran into heavy seas. The crew were air-lifted by helicopter.
  • She drifted for almost ten days before sinking off the east end of Bere Island.

Source Publications:
"Sub Sea" Magazine
by
 Tim Carey, Blackwater SAC
Irish Underwater Council 2005 - ISSN 0791-475X

 

Co. Cork Wreck List "B"

Last update - 18-Oct-2005
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