P 29 - Boltenhagen
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The
minesweeper P 29 was sunk as an artificial reef and dive
site outside Malta in 2007. She was a former East German
minesweeper of the Condor I class, as NATO classified
them, and she had served for the DDR navy until 1996. The
year after she was sold to Malta and used as a patrol boat
in the Maltese navy. In 2004 she was stricken from the
navy lists and sold to the tourist industry. She was
stripped of her engine and other mechanical parts and
scuttled 13.August 2007 outside Corkewwa. The wreck rest
today on a depth of 14 to 33 meter right outside the
Cirkewwa ferry terminal.
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| 35.9885° N 14.3261° E ( Source: Malta Dives )  Picture: Eisleben Sistership of Boltenhagen Wikiwand, Public domain  |
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