CubaPLUS Magazine

For a dive into history

By: Luz Marina Fornieles / Photos by Publicitur
For a dive into history
Cuba is planning to open an underwater route to enablenbsp;visits to the sunken remains of six warships thatnbsp;participated in the Spain-US naval battle in Santiagonbsp;de Cuba in 1898.

For a dive into historyCubatur, the company promoting the initiative, explained thatnbsp;tourists, numbering approximately 20 at a time, will be able tonbsp;dive to the wreckages of the armoured cruisers Cristóbal Colón,nbsp;Almirante Oquendo and Vizcaya, as well as the destroyers Furornbsp;and Plutón. Together, these ships, comprised the Spanish armadanbsp;commanded by Admiral Pascual Cervera that fought an unevennbsp;battle against two US flotillas on July 3, 1898.nbsp; The sixth ship available for divers to observe is the steamshipnbsp;USS Merrimac.

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