Giuseppe Dezza (TA-35)
Italian torpedo boat launched as Pilade Bronzetti, renamed Giuseppe Dezza in 1929 and taken over by the German navy as TA-35 in 1943. It was broken in two in August 1944 (sources disagree whether by a mine or an aircraft torpedo), and the two halves sit upright some 50–70 m apart. The stern, with its guns still in place, is the more popular part of the dive.
Facts
- Region: Adriatic – Istria & Kvarner
- Area: Istria West (Novigrad – Rovinj)
- Depth: 32–37 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: moderate
- Type: wreck
- Coordinates: 45.0, 13.652 (approximate)
- Highlights: warship wreck broken in two, deck guns on the stern section
- Unverified: Unverified: position read from the Istria Tourist Board's schematic wreck map, which is several kilometres off for wrecks with known GPS; no published coordinates; the depth (32–37 m) agrees in two sources, but the cause of sinking and the distance between the halves differ.
- Tips: Seeing both halves takes two dives. Boat trips run from Rovinj (30–60 minutes). Confirm position and depth with a local dive centre before planning.