Boat dive site: “Afonso Cerqueira” wreck

The diving area of Manta Diving Madeira is one attraction richer! On 04/09/2018, the corvette “Afonso Cerqueira” was sunk off Madeira Island especially for divers and is now on its last mission as an artificial reef. An attraction for rich marine life and grandiose scenery for photographers, scuba divers and freedivers. The corvette “Afonso Cerqueira” was completed in Cartagena in 1973, belongs to the “Baptista de Andrade” class, is 85m long and was in service from June 1975 to March 2015. She was tasked with carrying out surveillance and rescue missions in the Azores, Madeira and the exclusive economic zone, as well as participating in national training exercises and international exercises with other naval forces. Now she lies upright at a depth of around 12 to 30 metres and is an integral part of our diving programme … and with all the decks, rooms and guns that can be dived, it is a real top-class wreck.

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