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Rio Tercero

Shipwreck Rio Tercero
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, Argentina
Built:
1912, England, as Fortunstella
Specs:
( 405 x 54 ft ) 4864 gross tons
Sunk:
Monday June 22, 1942
torpedoed by U-202 - 5 casualties
Depth:
400 ft ?

Completed in December 1912 as British Eboe for Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool. 1939 sold to Italy and renamed Fortunstella for Fratelli Rizzuto, Naples. In June 1940 interned at Necochea and on 25 Aug 1941 seized by Argentina and renamed Rio Tercero.

U-202
Type VIIc U-boat U-202 (model), sunk June 1943

At 12:34 hours on 22 June 1942, the unescorted and neutral Rio Tercero was hit by one of three torpedoes from U-202 and sank slowly about 120 miles off New York. Linder reported that the ship displayed no neutrality markings and was recognized as Argentinian only after the attack when questioning the survivors.

3500 tons of general cargo, including coal and mail

Deep Sea Dive Sites, Dive Sites, Freighters, World War II,

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Sargassum Fish

Sargassum Fish

Histrio histrio

Size: to 6"

Habitat: wherever the current takes them

Notes: Sargassum fishes are found in drifting clumps of Sargassum weed. They are certainly one of the most bizarre fishes you may encounter. Their closest relatives are deep-sea anglerfishes and the local Goosefish. The paired fins are used exactly like arms and legs, and the Sargassum fish is a clumsy and reluctant swimmer. In fact, the pectoral (arm) fins can be folded over below the elbow, giving the fish an opposable grasp much like our own hands!

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