Pedernalis, Aruba

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March 1, 2017

Dive 69

Dive site: ship wreck

Visibility: Good

Depth: 8 m

Time: 40 min

SS Pedernales was a lake tanker of the World War II and post war eras. She was built in 1938 in Monfalcone, Italy, and sailed under the British flag. Pedernales was severely damaged in a torpedo attack on 16 February 1942 while anchored at Aruba.

The damaged ship was cut into three sections. The fore and aft sections were joined together, and the ship made her way to Baltimore, Maryland, to be rebuilt. The middle section was left in Aruba and, after being used for a number of years as a target by Dutch gunners after the war, has become a scuba diving site.

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SS Antillia, Aruba

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March 1, 2017

German wreck dive – from boat

Visibility: Good

Depth: 17 m

Time: 40 min

No working camera, unfortuanately!

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SS Antilla was a Hamburg America Line cargo ship that was launched in 1939 and scuttled in 1940. Antilla was built for trade between Germany and the Caribbean, and was named accordingly. Antilla is a city in Holguín Province in eastern Cuba.