File:2019-03-14 CAPITÁIN LEONIDAS - IMO 5542705.jpg

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English: Wreck of a former cargo ship carrying bagged sugar from Santos, Brazil, the CAPITÁN LEONIDAS - IMO 5427057, ran aground on April 7, 1968 in the fjords of Canal Messier (Messier Channel), north of Angostura Inglesa (English Narrows) and the town of Puerto Eden. Ship is shown on March 14th, 2019, sitting firmly on the flattened top of a submerged mountain called Bajo Cotopaxi (Cotopaxi Bank). Bajo Cotopaxi falls off quickly. The water is 200 meters deep just 100 meters from this wreck positioned at 48°46'19.826" S 74°27'9.606" W. Originally built in Bremen in 1937 and named the MV Molda.
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Camera location48° 46′ 19.82″ S, 74° 27′ 09.6″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Our Chilean pilots said that the holes in the hull are from the Armada de Chile (Chilean Navy) doing target practice.

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Wreck of cargo ship, CAPITÁN LEONIDAS, that ran aground on April 7, 1968 in the Messier Channel, Chile.

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