Baron Gautsch
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About this site
The Baron Gautsch is a wreck in the upper Adriatic, described as the most famous and most beautiful wreck in that part of the sea. It lies at a depth of 28 to 40 metres and measures 84.5 metres in length and 11.6 metres in width.
The ship was built in 1908 as a passenger vessel sailing from Trieste along the Adriatic coast. It was requisitioned by the Austro-Hungarian navy at the start of the First World War and sank in 1914 after a navigation error took it into its own minefield.
Divers descend along the buoy line and can enter the top deck through a large window opening on the forward deck. Corrosion has removed the floor planks, so the lower decks are visible. Conger eels and schools of fish live around the wreck.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatusReported here · unconfirmed
Warty CrabEriphia verrucosaObserved near here · iNaturalist
Mystery BlennyParablennius incognitusObserved near here · iNaturalist
Saint Piran's Hermit CrabClibanarius erythropusObserved near here · iNaturalist
Mediterranean DamselfishChromis chromisObserved near here · iNaturalist
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