Avantis III Shipwreck

The wreck of AVANTIS III The cargo ship "Avantis III" was a cargo ship with a length of 80 meters and a total capacity of 2.362 tones. It was constructed in 1977 in Norway and its first name was "Akershus". It sunk on the morning of the 19th of November 2004, in 20 minutes, after crashing into the rocks of "Dorousa" islet, under good weather conditions. The cook of the ship V. Koronis died at this wreck. The ship had a cargo of construction materials and it was travelling from Messolongi to Cyprus. The wreck has a N-S direction and it is seated at the bottom of the left side at 90 degrees. Maximum depth at 47m and minimum at 16m.