She was scuttled purposely for divers in 2007 and lies perfectly upright on a sandy bottom at a maximum depth of 36 m, not far from the Rożi. This patrol boat was built in East Germany and was bought by the Maltese Government in 1997. In Germany, she was a minesweeper. In Malta, the P29 was used to patrol the Maltese coast against illegal smuggling and border control. You can learn more about the P29 here.
Wreck P29 Malta
The P29 (original name Boltenhagen) was built in the 1960’s in former East Germany as a Kondor Class boat designed as a minesweeper. Like her sister ship the P31, she is 52 m long and last served as a patrol boat for the Armed Forces of Malta during the mid 1990’s until 2004.
