AH-WR-1315

Oro Verde

Cargo Vessel · Panama · Lost 1980 · Cuba & the Greater Antilles

A cargo vessel deliberately sunk off Grand Cayman in 1980 to form one of the island's earliest artificial reef dive sites.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Oro Verde ran aground on a reef off Grand Cayman before being deliberately sunk in 1980 to create a dive attraction. Decades of hurricanes have broken apart much of her hull, scattering wreckage across the seabed, but she remains a popular dive site rich in marine growth off Seven Mile Beach.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Steel
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Diesel, single screw
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: 1980
Cause: Intentional sinking
Location: Off Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman
Water: Caribbean Sea
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: 60 ft
Condition: Substantially broken apart by decades of hurricanes; scattered wreckage
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established