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Vera


Vera
 
Vera  
Dive Category Wreck
Dive Type Band 45
Max. depth: 48 (M)
Trip Time: 4H :30M

Minimum number of divers: 8

Max Depth - 48m
Tonnage - 662
Length - 187
Date sunk - 16 Jan 1874
Type of vessel - Steamship with sails
How sunk - Collision
Former names - None
Wreck height - 4m

Sank due to a collision with the sailing vessel Haydn. The Haydn was seen to capsize. The wreck were left unfound and almost unreported until they were found by a diver in the late 1990s.

The wreck lies broken. The engine lies to port while the stern lies to starboard. Her single boiler and smaller donkey boilers are the highest parts.