AH-WR-0672

MV Lowrance

Cargo Freighter · Colombia · Lost 1984 · Florida's Atlantic Coast

A 420-foot Colombian refrigerated freighter, stranded for years at Port Everglades before becoming one of South Florida's deepest popular technical wrecks.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Built in Montreal in 1953 as the refrigerated freighter Ciudad de Cali, the vessel traded under several names before suffering a mechanical breakdown that stranded her at Port Everglades. After sitting derelict for roughly three years, she was donated for reef use, with funding assistance from the Lowrance marine electronics company, and scuttled off Pompano Beach on March 31, 1984. The wreck's depth and size have made her a landmark for South Florida's technical diving community.

Vessel

Built: 1953
Builder: Canadian Vickers Limited
Yard: Montreal, Canada
Material: Steel
Length: 420 ft
Beam: 55 ft
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Diesel, single screw
Owners: Flota Mercante Gran Colombiana S.A. (originally)

Loss

Date: March 31, 1984
Cause: Intentional sinking
Location: About 2.5 nautical miles off Hillsboro Inlet, Pompano Beach, Florida
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: 0
Lives lost: 0
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: 165-210
Condition: Upright, with significant upper-deck collapse over the years; engine room remains explorable.
Orientation: Upright, bow south
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established