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The Cavo Artemidi was built in 1959 at the Siag Nordseewerke shipyards in Emden, Germany, under the name MV Derwentfield. She was renamed Betty in 1967 and Cavo Artemidi in 1978, under the Greek flag. Caught on the Banco de Santo Antônio, she stayed aground for about a week, and not even divers from the Navy rescue ship Gastão Montinho managed to free her. As the weather worsened and under the weight of the cargo, the hull opened and the ship sank on the spot on 25 September 1980. In the 1980s, the pig iron cargo was salvaged with a dredger fitted with a crane and an electromagnet.
The very Banco de Santo Antônio that trapped the ship gradually buried the wreck, and by 2019 only the base of the mast and the top of the superstructure were still visible. On the outside, fast-swimming fish predominated, while among the ironwork and in the superstructure there were many invertebrates and moray eels.
In Salvador, dives usually take place throughout the year, but in winter the options tend to shrink because of bad weather.
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