Maria Pompei
| Ship Information | |
| Displacement | 1407 t |
| Length | 75 m |
| Width | 11 m |
| Draft | 4.7 m |
| Speed | 12 knots |
| Construction | Ðuzepa Palomba iz Torrea del Greco. |
| Ultimate Faith | On 23 October 1941, while sailing along the Montenegrin coast, around 0140 h na, at 2 NM, 315 degrees from Cape Platamuni it hit an underwater mine and sunk. |
| Depth | 75 m |
Entered in the register of the Nautical Department-registered in Torre del Greco, register 74. It was not chartered by the Navy, or by the State, as an auxiliary ship.
On Sunday, 30 October 2005, the expedition of the Diving Centre MARINA from Herceg Novi, consisting of Dragan Gacevic - Instructor Trainer, Željko Bulatovic - Instructor, Mladen Medigovic - Divecon and gas-blender, with the diving ship NORMA II discovered this sunken ship at the depth of 75-76 m. Mr. Gacevic and Mr. Bulatovic dived to the ship, while Mr. Medigovic directed the operation from the ship Norma II. The ship is lying on a straight keel covered with a great number of fishing nets. The bridge is located at the depth of 66 m, while the deck of the ship is at 72m. A great number of lobsters populate the ship. At that depth we didn't expect to find better visibility from the one we encountered. For this expedition we used the trimix mixture which is usually used for technical diving. Our advice to the future expeditions is to pay attention to the visibility, underwater current and the danger coming form the nets.
