Minesweeper Ulla and Turia

Old minesweepers made of wood (40+ years old) ; droped down by the spanish navy in 1999 as artificial reef; Depth: 27-35 meters; Size: 40 meters; little current sometimes; not difficult to dive.



Distance between this two ships is only 300m. The wreck of the Ulla is in a better condition!

Navy Information:

MS-218 Class Motor Minesweeper: Laid down as AMS-265 by the Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Inc., Quincy, MA; U. S. Navy reclassified as a Coastal Minesweeper, MSC-265, 7 February 1955; Launched, 28 January 1956; Completed 9 July 1956 and transferred to Spain as Ulla (M 24), 24 July 1956; Reclassified as a Patrol Craft, PVZ-52, 1980; Reclassified P-52, 1986; Struck from the Naval Register in 1993;

 

Sunk as an artificial reef off La Manga del Mar Menor, 14 October 1999, approximately 550 yards away from Turia (P 52), ex-MSC-130.

Specifications: Displacement 375 t.; Length 144'; Beam 27'; Draft 8' 3"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 39; Armament, one twin 20-mm; Propulsion two 880shp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, two shafts.