• Palestro  5279

Palestro

  • Depth: 100m → 123m
  • Entry: boat
  • Descent Line: Yes
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Type: Ironclad

Size64.8 x 13 x 5.6 m

Armaments
: 1 x 165 mm
                     4 x 203 mm guns

Propulsion: 
2 x compound engines

Sank
: 20.7.19886. 

One of the most armored ships of it's time the Palestro took a unlucky shot to the ammo magazine and exploded during the 1886 Battle of Issa and sank in seconds, taking with it 227 out of its 250 man crew.