Scuba Diving the Arimoroa Wreck (Egg Island Wreck), Bahamas

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
879 views
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Dec 4, 2008

The Arimoroa Freighter Shipwreck lies in approximately 25 feet of water. This 260 foot Lebanese freighter is also known as the Freighter Wreck, or the Egg Island Wreck. While en route from South America to Europe, this steel hulled vessel was run purposely aground in May of 1970. It is not known why, but a fire started in her galley, and spread with such speed and fury that her captain decided to save the crew by heading at full steam toward the nearest visible land, Egg Island, Bahamas, west of Eleuthera. At the time of this unfortunate accident, the Arimoroa was carrying a cargo of guano-based fertilizer. All of her crew made it to land without injury. The fire continued smoldering for almost three months.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

  • likes, 0 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:
see all

All Comments (1)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • thats cool how its not even deep at all, its like poking out of the water. i wanna go there and also visit egg island

Loading...

Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more