Shipwrecks · Granma
MV Empire Bede
MV Empire Bede is a shipwreck at 19°40′59″N 76°49′59″W in Granma province. Empire Bede was a 6,959 GRT cargo ship which was built by G M Harland & Wolff Ltd, Glasgow in 1942 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She had a short career, being damaged by a torpedo and then sunk by gunfire on 18 August 1942.
MV Empire Bede: coast and water
26870 m at 345°: Ensenada la Plata (estuary); 26870 m at 332°: Surgidero Magdalena (anchorage); 27020 m at 331°: Estero Palmitas (estuary); 27380 m at 341°: Punta Cotovelo (point); 27410 m at 326°: Punta Las Llanas (point); 27770 m at 350°: Punta Palma Mocha (point); 28020 m at 353°: Ensenada de las Cuevas (bay); 28410 m at 10°: Punta Turquino (point); 29200 m at 320°: Punta Peñón del Macho (point); 29660 m at 14°: Ensenada de las Mulas (bay); 30920 m at 318°: Rada El Macío (anchorage); 32270 m at 348°: Ceibón (estuary); 33870 m at 312°: Punta Camarón Grande (point); 35390 m at 30°: Punta Agujas (point); 37010 m at 36°: Punta Babujal (point); 37060 m at 310°: Estero Camaroncito (marsh); 37230 m at 309°: Ensenada Camaroncito (cove); 38200 m at 309°: Punta Camaroncito (point); 40750 m at 306°: Punta Mota (point); 41440 m at 306°: Surgidero Mota (anchorage); 42390 m at 305°: Punta Piedras (point); 43860 m at 37°: Maestrica de los Libertadores (estuary); 44290 m at 48°: Punta Bayamita (point); 44440 m at 303°: Puerto Portillo (bay); 44920 m at 38°: Hacienda Sevilla (estuary); 45240 m at 303°: Punta Farallones (point); 45540 m at 304°: Punta Medio (point); 46790 m at 301°: Portillito (point); 47640 m at 301°: Ensenada Piojo (cove); 48470 m at 6°: Hacienda San Antonio (estuary); 49210 m at 300°: Ensenada Clemente (cove); 49560 m at 300°: Punta Tiburcio (point); 50730 m at 29°: Comunidad del Dátil (estuary); 51120 m at 12°: Hacienda Las Llanadas de Buey (estuary); 51500 m at 14°: Hacienda Piedra de Yao (estuary); 53730 m at 297°: Caleta las Tunalitas (bay); 54150 m at 54°: Boca de Caraballo (bay); 54510 m at 294°: Punta Hicacos (point); 56020 m at 294°: Ensenada de Mora (bay); 56680 m at 290°: Punta Brava (point); 56830 m at 294°: Punta Purgatorio (point); 57590 m at 295°: Laguna Seca (lagoon); 57760 m at 16°: Valenzuela (estuary); 58510 m at 59°: Punta Tabacal (point); 59120 m at 304°: Vegas del Purial (estuary); 59590 m at 289°: Ensenada de las Puercas (cove).
MV Empire Bede: islands
52010 m at 298°: Cayo Blanco (island); 52880 m at 297°: Cayo Pájaro (island); 53490 m at 296°: Cayo Huevo (island); 56020 m at 296°: Cayo Purgatorio (island); 56270 m at 56°: Cayo Damas (island); 56490 m at 294°: Cayo Redondo (island).
MV Empire Bede: inland
27800 m at 0°: Arroyo Cuevas (stream); 27850 m at 4°: Río Potrerillo (stream); 28010 m at 7°: Turquino (locality); 28190 m at 359°: El Dian (hamlet); 28260 m at 322°: Arroyo Llanas (stream); 28350 m at 6°: Ocujal del Turquino (settlement); 28360 m at 3°: Potrerillo (settlement); 28380 m at 350°: Palma Mocha (settlement); 29340 m at 11°: El Muerto (settlement); 29370 m at 319°: Arroyo El Macho (stream); 29650 m at 0°: Babún (locality); 29700 m at 3°: Arroyo Corte (stream); 30350 m at 15°: Río La Mula (stream); 31710 m at 20°: La Bruja (settlement); 31940 m at 351°: Llanos del Infierno (locality); 32380 m at 324°: Loma de Bruno (mountain); 32620 m at 331°: Limones (hamlet); 33020 m at 360°: Pico Turquino, ladera Sur (mountains); 33020 m at 312°: El Papayo (locality); 33200 m at 342°: Arroyo Ajenjibre (stream); 33210 m at 337°: Caguama (hamlet); 33260 m at 314°: Arroyo El Papayo (stream); 34070 m at 16°: La Punta (hamlet); 34180 m at 27°: Sorpresa (locality).
MV Empire Bede: distances
39010 m at 41°: Uvero; 54940 m at 54°: Guamá; 55160 m at 348°: Bartolomé Masó; 72360 m at 339°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 105690 m at 72°: Port of Santiago de Cuba (port); 105160 m at 72°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Protected: 34060 m at 353°: Parque Nacional Turquino.
MV Empire Bede: notes
Wreck diving needs a qualified guide and the right training.
Sources and data
Name and position: Wikipedia (coordinates) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel. For a wreck this is the sinking or wreck site recorded in Wikidata or Wikipedia; the hull may since have been raised, moved or broken up.