MERCEDES WRECK

Verenigde Staten, Florida

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MERCEDES WRECK

MERCEDES WRECK

Verenigde Staten, Florida

Challenging dive site

Mercedes Wreck 1 is the most famous wreck off the east coast of Florida. She was originally built in 1951 under the name Jacob Rusch. The Mercedes is a 60-meter Venezuelan cargo ship that was sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Fort Lauderdale on March 30, 1985.

Particulars

Mercedes Wreck 1 can be reached by boat. It's a wreck with a story. The Mercedes gained international fame when in 1984, with ten Venezuelan sailors aboard, it collided against the seawall of American philanthropist, Molly Wilmot's, Palm Beach mansion.

Warnings

Pleasure boats can pass at Mercedes Wreck 1. Be careful.

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MERCEDES WRECK Features

Nicknames
Jacob Rusch, Mercedes Wreck 1
Address
Florida, Fort Lauderdale, USA
Parking
At boat charter
Distance
30 min.
Suitable for
Underwater photography, wreck diving
Permit
N.v.t. / NA
Access
Free access
Facilities
Boat dive facilities
Water
Salt
Kind of dive
Wreck dive, boat dive
Current
Limited
Visibility
10 - 30 m.
Average visibility
20 m.
Depth
30 m.
Bottom
zand
Life
Barracuda, lobster
Other recreation
Boating, yachting

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