Arimoroa Wreck Dive Eleuthera
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Channel: coyoteshark · 2013 · Film & Animation
Arimoroa (Egg Island, 1970) This wreck lies just off of Egg Island. In May of 1970, the Arimoroa, a steel-hulled, 260 foot Lebanese freighter, was traveling from South America to Europe with a cargo of guano-based fertilizer when a fire started in the ship's galley. The fire spread so rapidly that the captain ordered the ship to be run aground on the closest island (Egg Island in this case). The crew was able to escape, but the cargo continued to burn for three months, and the phosphates leaking from the wreck made the area around the wreck barren of sea life for several years. GPS coordinates: N 25°28'21.1", W 76°53'20.1"
