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Stavronikita

Cargo Freighter · Greece · Lost 1978 · The Lesser Antilles

A fire-damaged Greek freighter deliberately sunk off Barbados in 1978 to create one of the island's signature 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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Stavronikita was a Greek cargo freighter damaged by fire in the mid-1970s. Rather than scrap her, the Barbados government acquired the hulk and deliberately sank her off the island's west coast in 1978 to serve as an artificial reef. She now stands upright on the seabed and is one of Barbados's most popular wreck dive sites.

Vessel

Built: 1956
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: January 1, 1978
Cause: Intentional sinking
Location: Off the west coast of Barbados
Water: Caribbean Sea
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: 20-135
Condition: Standing upright on the seabed, mast still rising near the surface
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established