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Merchant ship built in 1952 in Hamburg, Germany

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History

Venezuela
Name	Jacob Rusch Rosita Maria Rita Voge Mercedes I (1976)
Builder	Hamburg, Germany
Launched	1952
Identification	IMO number: 5428829
Fate	Wrecked on 23 November 1984 Salvaged, and scuttled on 30 March 1985
General characteristics
Tonnage	496 GRT
Length	194 ft (59.13 m)
Beam	30.6 ft (9.33 m)

Mercedes I was a merchant ship built in 1952 in Hamburg, Germany. She was 194 feet (59 m) long and measured 496 Gross register tons. She was originally named Jacob Rusch, later being renamed Rosita Maria, Rita Voge, and finally Mercedes I in 1976.

She was caught in a storm while at anchor off Palm Beach, Florida on 23 November 1984, and was driven ashore where she crashed into the seawall front of the home of Palm Beach socialite, Mollie Wilmot, who served the 12 Venezuelan sailors caviar, finger sandwiches and freshly brewed coffee in her gazebo, offered martinis to journalists and photographers, and granted the stranded Venezuelans access to her swimming pool. The incident received national and international coverage.

After being abandoned by her owners, she was salvaged by the Donjon Marine Company, who sold her for $29,000 to the Broward County Environmental Quality Control Board. They scuttled her on 30 March 1985 with 350 pounds of TNT off the coast of Ft. Lauderdale, in order to create an artificial reef used as a recreational dive site. She currently rests upright in 97 feet (30 m).

References

"Mollie Wilmot; Palm Beach Socialite Played Host to Cargo Ship in 1984 - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 1993-11-20. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
"Mollie and the Mercedes: 25 years later | News | Shiny Shots by Palm Beach Daily News". Shinyshots.palmbeachdailynews.com. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
"Mercedes I". www.southfloridadiving.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1984
Shipwrecks	1 Feb: Skaros 29 Mar: Eldia 11 Apr: No 5 dumb hopper barge 3 Jun: Marques 17 Jul: HMS Devonshire 29 Jul: Columbus C. 21 Aug: Zingara 12 Sep: Hilma Hooker 20 Oct: Sonia, Lady Odiel 21 Nov: Topeka 23 Nov: Mercedes I 29 Nov: USCGC Campbell 23 Dec: Mercury Unknown date: Machitis
Other incidents	21 Mar: K-314, USS Kitty Hawk 23 Apr: USS Bergall, USS Kittiwake 13 Jun: HMS Jupiter 7 Sep: C23 21 Sep: USS Jacksonville September (unknown date): Doris
1983 1985

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1985
Shipwrecks	10 Feb: ARA Santa Fe 30 Mar: Mercedes I 11 Apr: TCG Yildirim 10 Jul: Rainbow Warrior Sinking 3 Aug: HMS Narwhal 19 Dec: Eagle Tire Co. Unknown date: Narciso Monturiol, HMS Porpoise, Samir
Other incidents	15 May: Kumudini 1 Aug: Silco 3 Aug: Europa 10 Aug: K-431 September (unknown date): USS Darter 7 Oct: Achille Lauro hijacking 23 Oct: USS Swordfish 30 Oct: Golden Hinde
1984 1986

Recreational dive sites

Reef diving regions

Reef dive sites

Artificial reefs	Edithburgh jetty Gibraltar Artificial Reef Merkanti Reef Port Hughes jetty Port Noarlunga jetty Rapid Bay jetty Shark River Reef South Channel Fort Osborne Reef
Underwater artworks	Cancún Underwater Museum Christ of the Abyss Circle of Heroes Kristu tal-Baħħara Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park
Snorkelling sites	Fungus Rock

Wreck diving regions

Wreck dive sites

115 (barge)

A	HMS A1 HMS A3 USS Aaron Ward Abessinia USS Accokeek HMAS Adelaide Admiral Sampson Adolphus Busch Aeolian Sky USS Aeolus Agat World War II Amtrac Ajax Albert C. Field USS Algol Algoma Al Munassir Amaryllis America USS Anderson Andrea Doria Antilla Antilles USS Apogon Appomattox Aquila Aratama Maru Arctic USS Arkansas Arratoon Apcar USS Arthur W. Radford Atlanta USS Atlanta Australasia
B	Bärenfels HMAS Bayonet Ben Doran Benwood Bianca C. USCGC Bibb Binnendijk USS Blenny HMS Boadicea Booya HMSAS Bloemfontein Breda Brian Davis HMAS Brisbane HMHS Britannic Bud Bar Bungsberg Byron
C	HMAS Canberra HMCS Cape Breton USCGC Cape Henlopen Captain Keith Tibbetts Carl D. Bradley USS Carlisle Carnatic Carthaginian II Cayuga Cedarville Chaudière Christina Nilsson ROCS Chen Hai Chester A. Congdon City of Bangor City of Everett City of Launceston Clan Ranald Clifton USCGC Comanche Comet Constandis HMAS Coogee SMS Cormoran Cornelia B. Windiate HMS Coronation Crusader Cuba Cumberland USS Curb USCGC Cuyahoga
D	Dania Daniel Lyons David Tucker SMS Dresden D.R. Hanna USCGC Duane Dunraven Dwight L. Moody
E	Eagle Eastfield Eber Ward Edgar E. Clark HMT Elk Ellengowan USS Emmons SS Emperor RMS Empress of Ireland Erie L. Hackley Espagne Etruria
F	HMS Falmouth Fifi Fleetwing SS Francisco Morazan Francis Hinton Frank O'Connor F. T. Barney Fujikawa Maru Fumizuki
G	Gallinipper SATS General Botha USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg George A. Marsh George Dewey George M. Cox Georg Thiele HMS Ghurka USS Gilliam Glenlyon Glen Strathallan SAS Good Hope HMAS Goorangai Gothenburg Grace A. Channon Grecian Green Bay Gregory Poole Gunilda
H	MT Haven SS Henry Chisholm MT Hephaestus Hermann Künne HMS Hermes Herzogin Cecilie SS Hesper Hilma Hooker Hispania Home HMS Hood HMAS Hobart
I	Igara USS Indra SS Ironsides SS Isaac M. Scott Island City
J	HMAS J1 HMAS J2 HMAS J4 HMAS J5 James Eagan Layne J.S. Seaverns SS John B. Cowle John M. Osborn SS John Mitchell Jura
K	SS Kamloops Kashi Maru PS Keystone State King Cruiser USS Kittiwake Kizugawa Maru SMS Kronprinz Kyarra Kyle Spangler
L	PS Lady Elgin Lady Thetis HMS Laforey SS Lakeland USS Lamson USAT Liberty SS Louisiana Louis Sheid SS L.R. Doty USS LST-507 Lumberman
M	HMS M2 HMCS Mackenzie Madeira SMS Markgraf SS Marquette Mayflower (scow) Mikhail Lermontov Maine Maloja HMS Maori SS Maori SS Margaret Olwill Marguerite SS Mauna Loa USAT Meigs Mendi MV Mercedes I USCGC Mesquite Metamora SS Midland City USS Mindanao Minnedosa SS Miowera SS Milwaukee USS Mizpah Miztec USCGC Mohawk Mohegan RMS Moldavia SS Monarch SS Monrovia HMS Montagu SS M.M. Drake MV RMS Mulheim USS Muliphen SS Myron
N	Nagato Niagara Niagara (tug) HMCS Nipigon SS Norman Northerner
O	Oceana SS Onoko USS Oriskany Oslofjord Ozone
P	P29 P31 SS Panay SS Papoose Pedernales Persier HMAS Perth SS Pewabic SAS Pietermaritzburg USS Pilotfish Piłsudski SS Pioneer USCGC Point Swift Pool Fisher SS Port Kembla HMS Port Napier Preußen President Coolidge HMS Prince of Wales
Q	Queen Victoria
R	R.P. Resor Radaas USS Rankin Rainbow Warrior Regina HMS Repulse RMS Rhone Riva Palacio Robert C. Pringle Robert Wallace USS Rochester Rondo Rosehill Rosinco Rotorua Rouse Simmons Royal Adelaide Royal Charter Rozi Russia
S	HMS Safari Sagamore HMCS Saguenay Sakawa Salem Express Samuel Mather Samuel P. Ely Sanko Harvest USS Saratoga HMCS Saskatchewan S.C. Baldwin USS Schurz USS Scuffle USS Scrimmage HMS Scylla Selah Chamberlain HMS Sidon USCGC Spar South Australian USS Spiegel Grove Sport Stanegarth Stanwood Stella Stepas Darius HMS St Lawrence Superior City HMAS Swan Sweepstakes
T	Tahoe USCGC Tamaroa USS Tarpon Thesis Thistlegorm Thomas Friant Thomas Wilson Thunderbolt Toa Maru HMAS Tobruk Tokai Maru Torrey Canyon SAS Transvaal Treasure HMNZS Tui
U	U-40 U-352 U-1195 Um El Faroud
V	V 1605 Mosel Varvassi USS Vermilion Vernon Vienna
W	HMNZS Waikato Walter L M Russ HMS Warrior Washingtonian Waubuno HMNZS Wellington Wexford William C. Moreland Wisconsin USS Wilkes-Barre
Y	USS Yancey YO-257 Yongala HMCS Yukon
Z	Zenobia Zealandia Zingara

Cave dive sites

Cave diving regions of the world

Cave dive sites:

Freshwater dive sites
Blue Hole (New Mexico) Blue Lake (Utah) Dinorwic quarry Dorothea quarry Dutch Springs Ewens Ponds Homestead caldera Little Blue Lake Logue Brook Dam Ponce de Leon Spring Rum Jungle Silfra Vortex Spring Wast Water Wazee Lake

Training sites
Blue Abyss Capernwray Dive Centre Deep Dive Dubai Deepspot Eccleston Quarry Hotel Terme Millepini National Diving and Activity Centre Nemo 33 Seacrest Cove 2 Slickstones Quarry, Cromhall Stoney Cove Swanage Pier

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