HERMENEGILDO CAPELO

Portugal

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HERMENEGILDO CAPELO

Ramon
Portugal, 18-06-19

Mooi wrak. Erg leuk om doorheen te duiken. Mooiste is de machinekamer waar een flinke Meun lag te rusten. Dak van de brug is verdwenen.

4 m
13 °C - 30 m

HERMENEGILDO CAPELO

Pierre
Portugal, 23-06-18

Prachtig wrak van binnen en van buiten , veel leven

10 m
16 °C - 30 m

HERMENEGILDO CAPELO

Toine
Portugal, 18-07-17

Beautiful penetration dive, lots of life and especially a lot of squid

8 m
18 °C - 30 m

HERMENEGILDO CAPELO

Tamara&Roald
Portugal, 5-09-16

With a local diving school diving to this wreck, not much vegetation yet, swimming through the wreck, nice to do.

15 m
19 °C - 30 m

HERMENEGILDO CAPELO

baskunnen
Portugal, 23-03-16

Ocean Revival on 23-06-2015, a must for wreck divers, a lot of triggerfish, octopus, mussels and other marine life seen.

15 m
18 °C - 23 m

The Hermenegildo Capelo passed the equator 60 times over the course of nearly 3 decades. The ship has about 40,000 engine hours, the equivalent of 4.5 years at sea. The ship was in the port of Portsmouth, Rio de Janeiro, Cartagena, Wilhelmshaven and Rotterdam. In the eighties it was also the first Portuguese naval ship with female sailors aboard. The ship was sunk on June 15, 2013 off the coast of Portimao in Portugal, as part of the Ocean Revival Project.

Particulars

Type: Frigate. Weight: 2700 tons. Length: 102m. Width: 12m. Builder: Compagnie des Forges et Ateliers de la Loire shipyard, Nantes. Year built: 1966. Crew: 15 officers, 27 sergeants and 122 sailors. Water admission: November 29 1966. Submerged as a dive wreck for Ocean Revival Project: June 15, 2013.

Warnings

Obey the rules of the Ocean Revival Park.

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