Engine Catch off Alicante Today

An interesting possibility that I had not thought of.

It would certainly be more logical, given the location where this was found.

It most probably will be an engine off one of the first batch of 130 CASA 2.111´s, either an A, C, or F model, if info here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CASA_2.111

is correct.

The more famous (due to surviving examples not the least those being flown in the BoB film) ones are those with Merlin. Due to unavailability of Jumo 211 after the old stocks were used up, Merlins took their place, same with the DB´s in the Spanish 109´s (first HS-engined version was HA-1.109).

Michael

Plenty!

Bit of oil and it’ll soon be up and running!! 🙂 Makes me wonder what they have dredged up from doing the new Thames Gateway development much closer to home……

Ross

A close-up of one side of the crankcase. The other side looks to be in worse shape.

I can forward all of the images to you, if interested?

The image is a good example of the effects of partial burial on survival.

I would suggest that the sea bed condition was 3/4 burial. If you look closely at the image you can see differences of surface from the exposed crankcase to the buried banks.

The best place is to compare the gear/wheel case casting.

Regards
Ross

I have some other images to post later.

The crankcase is still painted black with the white stencilled numbers in place, but possibly indicative of that side of the engine being buried in mud/silt/sand.

Its in remarkable condition to come out of the sea, without much salt water corrosion.

No. Technically, those are not fish-tail exhausts.

Does that ‘Catch’ affect EU Fishing Quotas

The Spanish Civil War/Condor Legion He 111 aircraft would have had DB 600s I think.

This is a much later Jumo 211. Haven’t checked, but I guess something like a He 111 H-6?

This image gives a close-up shot:

Civil war casualty?