Zingara (ship)

History


Name	Kormoran (1963–1976) Adamastos (1963–1980) Zingara (1980–1984)
Owner	Montemare di Navigazione S.P.A.
Port of registry	Naples
Builder	Rostock Shipyard
Launched	1963
Fate	Wrecked, 21 August 1984 28°00′16″N 34°29′03″E / 28.004526°N 34.484238°E / 28.004526; 34.484238
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	1,744 GRT
Length	82.4 m (270 ft 4 in)
Beam	12.7 m (41 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	6-cylinder diesel engine
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)

The Zingara was a general cargo vessel that was wrecked in the Straits of Tiran in the Red Sea on 21 August 1984^[1] and is now a recreational diving site.

Citations

^ "The Zingara (aka Kormoran)". SS Thistlegorm. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

References

"SCUBA diving trips in Tiran, Sharm El Sheikh, South Sinai, Red Sea, Egypt". red-sea-shadow.com. Retrieved 23 April 2010.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1984
Shipwrecks	1 Feb: Skaros 29 Mar: Eldia 11 Apr: No 5 dumb hopper barge 3 Jun: Marques 17 Jul: HMS Devonshire 29 Jul: Columbus C. 21 Aug: Zingara 12 Sep: Hilma Hooker 20 Oct: Sonia 21 Nov: Topeka 23 Nov: Mercedes I 29 Nov: USCGC Campbell 23 Dec: Mercury Unknown date: Machitis
Other incidents	21 Mar: K-314, USS Kitty Hawk 23 Apr: USS Bergall, USS Kittiwake 13 Jun: HMS Jupiter 7 Sep: C23 21 Sep: USS Jacksonville September (unknown date): Doris
1983 1985

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Snorkelling sites	Fungus Rock

Wreck diving regions

Wreck dive sites

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A	HMS A1 HMS A3 USS Aaron Ward Abessinia USS Accokeek HMAS Adelaide SS Admiral Sampson MV Adolphus Busch Aeolian Sky USS Aeolus Agat World War II Amtrac SS Ajax Albert C. Field USS Algol SS Algoma Al Munassir Amaryllis SS America USS Anderson Andrea Doria Antilla Antilles USS Apogon SS Appomattox Aquila Aratama Maru Arctic USS Arkansas SS Arratoon Apcar USS Arthur W. Radford SS Atlanta USS Atlanta (CL-51) SS Australasia
B	HMAS Bayonet SS Ben Doran SS Benwood Bianca C. USCGC Bibb SS Binnendijk USS Blenny HMS Boadicea Booya HMSAS Bloemfontein Breda Brian Davis HMAS Brisbane HMHS Britannic Bud Bar Bungsberg Byron
C	HMAS Canberra HMCS Cape Breton USCGC Cape Henlopen Captain Keith Tibbetts Carl D. Bradley USS Carlisle Carnatic Carthaginian II SS Cayuga SS Cedarville Christina Nilsson City of Bangor SS City of Everett SS City of Launceston HMCS Chaudière ROCS Chen Hai Chester A. Congdon SS Clan Ranald SS Clifton USCGC Comanche SS Comet Constandis HMAS Coogee Cormoran Cornelia B. Windiate HMS Coronation Crusader PS Cumberland USS Curb USCGC Cuyahoga
D	MV Dania Daniel Lyons David Tucker SMS Dresden SS D.R. Hanna USCGC Duane Dunraven SS Dwight L. Moody
E	Eagle Eastfield SS Eber Ward SS Edgar E. Clark HMT Elk Ellengowan USS Emmons SS Emperor RMS Empress of Ireland SS Erie L. Hackley SS Espagne SS Etruria
F	HMS Falmouth Fifi Fleetwing SS Francisco Morazan SS Francis Hinton SS Frank O'Connor F.T. Barney Fujikawa Maru Fumizuki
G	Gallinipper SATS General Botha USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg George A. Marsh SS George Dewey George M. Cox Georg Thiele HMS Ghurka USS Gilliam SS Glenlyon Glen Strathallan SAS Good Hope HMAS Goorangai Gothenburg Grace A. Channon SS Grecian Green Bay MV Gregory Poole Gunilda
H	MT Haven SS Henry Chisholm MT Hephaestus Hermann Künne HMS Hermes Herzogin Cecilie SS Hesper Hilma Hooker Hispania Home HMS Hood HMAS Hobart
I	Igara USS Indra SS Ironsides SS Isaac M. Scott Island City
J	HMAS J1 HMAS J2 HMAS J4 HMAS J5 James Eagan Layne J.S. Seaverns SS John B. Cowle John M. Osborn SS John Mitchell Jura
K	SS Kamloops Kashi Maru PS Keystone State King Cruiser USS Kittiwake Kizugawa Maru SMS Kronprinz Kyarra Kyle Spangler
L	PS Lady Elgin Lady Thetis HMS Laforey SS Lakeland USS Lamson USAT Liberty SS Louisiana Louis Sheid SS L.R. Doty USS LST-507 Lumberman
M	HMS M2 HMCS Mackenzie Madeira SMS Markgraf SS Marquette Mayflower (scow) Mikhail Lermontov Maine Maloja HMS Maori SS Maori SS Margaret Olwill Marguerite SS Mauna Loa USAT Meigs Mendi MV Mercedes I USCGC Mesquite Metamora SS Midland City USS Mindanao Minnedosa SS Miowera SS Milwaukee USS Mizpah Miztec USCGC Mohawk Mohegan RMS Moldavia SS Monarch SS Monrovia HMS Montagu SS M.M. Drake MV RMS Mulheim USS Muliphen SS Myron
N	Nagato Niagara Niagara (tug) HMCS Nipigon SS Norman Northerner
O	Oceana SS Onoko USS Oriskany Oslofjord Ozone
P	P29 P31 SS Panay SS Papoose Pedernales Persier HMAS Perth SS Pewabic SAS Pietermaritzburg USS Pilotfish Piłsudski SS Pioneer USCGC Point Swift Pool Fisher SS Port Kembla HMS Port Napier Preußen President Coolidge HMS Prince of Wales
Q	PS Queen Victoria
R	SS R.P. Resor Radaas USS Rankin Rainbow Warrior SS Regina HMS Repulse RMS Rhone Riva Palacio Robert C. Pringle SS Robert Wallace USS Rochester Rondo Rosehill Rosinco Rotorua Rouse Simmons Royal Adelaide Royal Charter Rozi SS Russia
S	HMS Safari Sagamore HMCS Saguenay Sakawa Salem Express SS Samuel Mather Samuel P. Ely Sanko Harvest USS Saratoga HMCS Saskatchewan SS S.C. Baldwin USS Schurz USS Scuffle USS Scrimmage HMS Scylla SS Selah Chamberlain HMS Sidon USCGC Spar South Australian USS Spiegel Grove Sport Stanegarth Stanwood Stella SS Stepas Darius HMS St Lawrence SS Superior City HMAS Swan Sweepstakes
T	SS Tahoe USCGC Tamaroa USS Tarpon Thesis Thistlegorm Thomas Friant Thomas Wilson Thunderbolt Wreck Toa Maru HMAS Tobruk Tokai Maru Torrey Canyon SAS Transvaal MV Treasure HMNZS Tui
U	U-40 U-352 U-1195 Um El Faroud
V	Varvassi USS Vermilion SS Vernon SS Vienna
W	HMNZS Waikato Walter L M Russ Washingtonian (1913) PS Waubuno HMNZS Wellington SS Wexford SS William C. Moreland SS Wisconsin USS Wilkes-Barre
Y	USS Yancey YO-257 Yongala HMCS Yukon
Z	Zenobia Zealandia Zingara

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Training sites
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