One of my personal favorite dives, and my favorite wreck on my home island, the steamship Brioni.
Not much is know about the vessel itself, it was built in Monfalcone in the beginning of the 20th century, it survived 2 active services in both world wars, several repatriotisations, and it ended it's service on Ravnik island, 1 mile south of Vis. The cause of the sinking was never determined, neither was the exact date (02.02.1930 was the date of the report filing), possible deaths or the last owner of the ship.
I heard stories from some of the old people that it had Albanian crew and that 18 people were rescued, that indicates that it was also carrying passengers as the crew was only 8 sailor and 2 officers. The direct cause of the sinking was definitely impact with the island, the scars can still be seen on the cliffs directly above the wreck.
The wreck is considered a grave site and penetration is illegal but the interior is visible trough windows, it was carrying a cargo of winebottles (red wine is still visible inside of bottles) and probably tobacco, as you can see the bands that held the bales together.
The ship rests at 42 to 65 meters. For this dive we used trimix 18/40 ,nitrox 50 and oxygen were used for the deco. Bottom time was 30 minutes with the max depth of 75m.
We did the deco along a wall covered with soft corrals and not so friendly moray eels.
Not much is know about the vessel itself, it was built in Monfalcone in the beginning of the 20th century, it survived 2 active services in both world wars, several repatriotisations, and it ended it's service on Ravnik island, 1 mile south of Vis. The cause of the sinking was never determined, neither was the exact date (02.02.1930 was the date of the report filing), possible deaths or the last owner of the ship.
I heard stories from some of the old people that it had Albanian crew and that 18 people were rescued, that indicates that it was also carrying passengers as the crew was only 8 sailor and 2 officers. The direct cause of the sinking was definitely impact with the island, the scars can still be seen on the cliffs directly above the wreck.
The wreck is considered a grave site and penetration is illegal but the interior is visible trough windows, it was carrying a cargo of winebottles (red wine is still visible inside of bottles) and probably tobacco, as you can see the bands that held the bales together.
The ship rests at 42 to 65 meters. For this dive we used trimix 18/40 ,nitrox 50 and oxygen were used for the deco. Bottom time was 30 minutes with the max depth of 75m.
We did the deco along a wall covered with soft corrals and not so friendly moray eels.