Wreck finds around Mallorca
The wrecks around Mallorca were mostly made in the last quarter of the 20th century. The wealth of wrecks and submarine finds around the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca was previously impaired by massive looting.
Cabrera
Six ancient wrecks were found near the island of Cabrera .
- Cabrera I is about 22 meters deep, east of the port entrance. It corresponds to a Roman cargo ship from the second half of the 3rd century. The cargo consisted of amphorae for the transport of fish. It was studied between 1978 and 1979.
- Cabrera II is only known from the finds. It was a merchant ship that was built in the last third of the 3rd century BC. Chr came from Ibiza or Carthage and had appropriate amphorae loaded.
- Cabrera III lies at the foot of the cliff of the Castillo de Cabrera. It is a Roman ship from the second half of the 3rd century. It was studied from 1985 to 1986. 950 sesterces from the imperial era were found in amphorae.
- Cabrera IV is located at the entrance to Cala Ganduf and corresponds to a Roman ship from the 1st or 2nd decade AD. Three bronze helmets , iron anchors and lead ingots were found in it.
- Cabrera V is about 80 meters from the coast and 42 deep at the port entrance. It was a Roman freighter from the middle of the 1st century. He sailed with a load of fish and lead bars from Andalusia to the Italian peninsula. It was studied from 1978 to 1979.
- Cabrera VI is an unexplored wreck near Isla Redonda.
Other wrecks
Not far away is the little Illa Na Guardis , where two ships sank. A Punic (from 130–150 AD) from Ibiza and a second from Roman times.
Finally, there are the sunken Roman ships at Porto Cristo . One is about 2.0 meters deep, 10 meters from the beach. The second is between 20 and 30 meters away and was exposed by a storm. Inside were candlesticks.
Mallorca's most notable wreck sank just under a mile east of the Illot del Sec (island). The Punic merchant, whose ship after a fire around 350 BC. BC sank, came from the central Mediterranean ( Tunisia or Sicily ) and was perhaps on the way to Ibiza, Marseille or the Spanish Levant. The wreck was discovered in 1968 and examined from 1970 on. 500 Greek, and Sicilian, Corinthian, Punic and Ibizan amphorae were found, as well as a bronze cauldron , a gold ring and other materials.
In 2019, the wreck of a presumably Roman cargo ship from the 3rd or 4th century AD was discovered just 50 meters from Playa de Palma .
literature
- J. Aramburu, C. Garrido and V. Sastre: Guía Arqueológica de Mallorca , Olañeta Editor, Palma de Mallorca, 1994 pp. 245-256
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ancient Roman ship discovered off Mallorca's coast. t-online.de , July 18, 2019, accessed on July 16, 2020 .