Sub Marine Explorer
Built - 1864-1865, Brooklyn, New York
Operated - 1866-1869
Abandoned - 1869
Location - Isla San Telmo, Pearl Islands, Panama
Depth - 10 ft. (3m) at high tide
Studied - 2001-2008
Principal Investigator - James P. Delgado
“The tower was the first thing Jim Delgado saw. Inch by inch, it emerged from the deep-green surf of the Pacific Ocean -- an encrusted piece of black metal covered with barnacles, rust and seaweed, a ghostly apparition slowly rising from the sea. Delgado was sitting on the roots of an ancient palmetto tree, staring at the water as if transfixed. Aside from the hermit crabs digging in the sand at his feet and the brown pelicans screeching in the treetops, Delgado was alone -- the only human being on this godforsaken island known as San Telmo, somewhere southeast of Panama City.” - Sven Robel, Der Spiegel Magazine
“As the water continues to recede, the unmistakeable form of a submarine emerges, dripping wet, stained red and orange with corrosion.” - James Delgado
Additional Resources
"The Secret of the Pearl Islands" by Sven Röbel
Sub Marine Explorer at Shipwreck Central
Panama (WAITT Institute for Discovery)