TA35 Giuseppe Dezza was an Italian destroyer named Pilade Bronzetti and built in 1916. She operated in the First World War. In 1929 her name was changed and she became the Giuseppe Dezza.
On on the 17th August 1944 she ran onto a mine and broke in two pieces. 71 soldiers lost their lives.
The wreck lies a few nautical miles off the coast of Istria between Pula and Rijeka and can be accessed from virtually any dive center in the area.
The two parts of the ship are about 70 meters apart in about 34 meters of water depth. Because of this distance, it takes two dives to explore the two pieces of wreckage. The slightly larger stern section lies upright on the flat bottom, while the front section lies on the port side.
I made this model in June 2024 by photogrammetry.
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