REBEL Broward County

The Dutch freighter Rebel was built in 1947 at Zwartslosf and originally named Cornelis. She was 128 feet long, had a 24 foot beam and a 9 foot draft. In 1981 she was sold and renamed Island Transported, she was later renamed St. Andrea and was confiscated when her crew was caught smuggling drugs into the U.S. The Andrea was purchased at a federal auction by a Fort Lauderdale attorney, and environmentalist, who donated the vessel to the Broward County reef program. The vessel was renamed Rebel after the attorney's dog.

The Rebel sits in 110 feet of water, only one mile north from the well known Mercedes wreck. Sunk on July 16, 1985, to form an artificial reef, this Norwegian freighter still sits perfectly intact and upright, and visibility has been reported to exceed 100 feet.

Photo: The Norwegian freighter Rebel was sunk to form an artificial reef on July 16, 1985. Photo courtesy Steve Somerville.

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