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Baron Gautsch dive site | PADI
The Baron Gautsch is the most famous wreck in the Adriatic Sea, an Austro-Hungarian passenger ship that sank on August 13, 1914 after hitting a minefield, resulting in approximately 150 deaths. The wreck lies upright and well preserved at 28–40 m depth off Istria, Croatia, covered in marine life and recommended for advanced divers with PADI Wreck Diver training.
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Summary
The Baron Gautsch is the most famous wreck in the Adriatic Sea, an Austro-Hungarian passenger ship that sank on August 13, 1914 after hitting a minefield, resulting in approximately 150 deaths. The wreck lies upright and well preserved at 28–40 m depth off Istria, Croatia, covered in marine life and recommended for advanced divers with PADI Wreck Diver training.
Tags
wreck-diving · baron-gautsch · adriatic · croatia · istria · scuba-diving · padi
Key entities
Baron Gautsch (location, 0.95) · PADI (organization, 0.98) · Adriatic (location, 0.95) · Istria (location, 0.93) · Croatia (location, 0.93) · Austro-Hungarian Navy (organization, 0.9) · Sinking of Baron Gautsch (event, 0.88) · wreck diving (concept, 0.92)
Classification
reference · language en · status final
Provenance
claude-opus-4-6 via @stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0, confidence 0.85, 2 Jul 2026