Diving

Vis was a 120 m-long cargo steam ship built in Great Britain in 1921,
owned by a shipping company with its seat in Croatia. The beginning of
WW2 found it on a voyage through the Atlantic, and it was commandeered
for use as a cargo ship for Allied war convoys. After the war it ferried
cargos in England, northern Africa, and then humanitarian aid to
Yugoslavia. In February 1946 it sailed from Rijeka towards Raša, to pick
up a cargo of coal, but its route led through what was a still dangerous
channel between the island of Cres and Istria, seeded with underwater
mines. In the early morning hours the vessel struck one of those mines on
Vis
its starboard bow and sank only 400 m from the entrance to Plomin bay.
This wreck ranks among the best preserved in the Adriatic and lies at a
depth of 47 to 63 m. This location is suitable for advanced categories of
∆ The squid is one of the swiftest of nocturnal hunters,
seen here posing for the camera
With its fragile biological construction the Eudendrium is
testimony to the calm, placid nature of our submarine world
∆
Lovran
divers with equipment required for depths of more than 40 m.
Peltastis, a Greek cargo ship of c. 1500 BRT which sank in a storm
while sailing off the coast of the island of Krk in the night of January 7/8,
1968. With night approaching the ship dropped two anchors near the
quay of Pazduhovo, some 200 to 300 m before Dramalj, but the sandy
seabed failed to hold the anchors. Strong winds pushed the ship towards
the coast, its hull was damaged and the Peltastis sank at 03.50 hours
on January 8, 1968. The wreck is lying at a depth of from 20 to 30 m,
easily accessible to divers. Its mast is at 10 m and from this depth the first
outlines of the ship are discernable. Visibility changes since it is affected
by sea currents. The bow anchors are located quite close to the shore,
the bow is also facing the same way (one anchor has been lifted and is
now kept in the village of Šilo). The ship lies on a sandy seabed, on its
Peltastis
keel and in an upright position.
The publication issued by the Croatian Tourist Board of Kvarner, detailing
all the diving locations of the area (40 most interesting sites) is an
excellent guide always in great demand at international tourist fairs.
Croatian National Tourist Board
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