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Published: 2011-04-17 16:25:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 2338; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 0
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Description A few of the wrecked trucks ( there are over 100 ) lying on the seabed on the wreck "Zenobia", Larnaca, Cyprus. This is just one of many Scania 111's that are lying in 42 meters.
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Comments: 14

914four [2012-11-25 23:03:14 +0000 UTC]

Cool, I had to Google this, they are remarkably well preserved.

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Akamasdiver In reply to 914four [2012-11-26 10:37:57 +0000 UTC]

Hi, Yes they are not bad, but they are rusting quite a bit when you are close up.

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914four In reply to Akamasdiver [2012-11-26 15:12:49 +0000 UTC]

Did they ever figure out what made her sink? Wikipedia seems to allude to some sort of attempt at insurance fraud, but it sounds like a computer glitch in the ballast controller.

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Akamasdiver In reply to 914four [2012-11-26 15:21:19 +0000 UTC]

Yeh, it was a problem with the ballast tanks. They had been problems with it before it got to Cyprus. There was talk of it carrying arms destined for Syria, as it was sealed off from divers by the military immediately after sinking, but we will probably never know.

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914four In reply to Akamasdiver [2012-11-26 15:32:21 +0000 UTC]

Ah, that would make sense.

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FoxLuver1235 [2012-07-28 17:40:33 +0000 UTC]

Its no longer a truck. Its expensive fish realestate XD

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Axle33 [2012-05-02 14:42:35 +0000 UTC]

how'd she sink?

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Akamasdiver In reply to Axle33 [2012-05-02 21:42:22 +0000 UTC]

Hi, may I refer you to the two comments under the picture......

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Axle33 In reply to Akamasdiver [2012-05-03 13:37:44 +0000 UTC]

oh,sorry, i was fairly curious,ill look them over

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bobbarker86 [2011-06-07 15:30:49 +0000 UTC]

Wow, great shot ! i looked this up & still can't beleve that more wasn't done to correct this when they 1st found the problem with the ballast pumps.

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Akamasdiver In reply to bobbarker86 [2011-06-08 05:16:11 +0000 UTC]

Hi, they did do a repair in Italy as it had problems on it's way from Sweden. It was listing badly as it came to Cyprus. The port of Larnaca would not let it dock in case it sank and blocked the entrance. It was left a mile out from the port and only a third of a mile out. Everybody was removed from the vessel while engineers worked aboard. After three days the system was switched on and it then sank. There is some footage of it sinking by a local tv crew. I have plenty of video on Youtube at www.youtube.com/akamasdiver . Enjoy!

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bobbarker86 In reply to Akamasdiver [2011-06-09 21:06:46 +0000 UTC]

I haven't been diving in 10 years but I would love to go.

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bitswebull [2011-04-23 20:44:56 +0000 UTC]

woah..how did those end up there?

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Akamasdiver In reply to bitswebull [2011-04-23 20:55:10 +0000 UTC]

Hi, they were part of the cargo on the "Zenobia" maiden voyage. She went down with all cargo on-board and now lies in 42m on it`s port side.

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