KIRYO MARU 1970 -1984

Kiryo Maru at first sinking

Description

Japanese tuna boat

Construction

Steel

Size

tons, length 36m, beam m, depth m

Built

1970

Owner

Unknown Captain: Mergume Amegata

Sunk

6th August 1984

Location

SCUBA DIVE In 5m depth 50 metres offshore at Cathedral Rocks, can SNORKEL in good weather from shore

Latitude/Longitude

(-32.020345, 115.449514)

Sinking

Ran aground in rough seas after the propeller shaft broke. One seaman swam ashore with a line and was followed by the remaining 17 crewmen.

Underwater

Broken up and covered in weed in 5m

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