Wrecks

Isonzo

  • Type of ship:  Armed freighter
  • Lenght:  89 meters
  • Position:  Torre delle Stelle
  • Depth:   38 to 57  meters

The 10 th of April 1943 the armed freighter Isonzo, in convoy  with the ships  Entella and Loredan,  was leaving Cagliari  at 16.00 pm, direction to La Maddalena.
At 18.20 the convoy ,about  1 mile south of Torre del Finocchio,   now known as Torre delle Stelle,   was attacked by  the british submarine HMS on the stern area ; the ship sank after 15 minutes, and  now is   lying on its  starboard side.