On 10 January 1966, the Spanish freighter Monte Palomares sank in the North Atlantic, approximately 840 miles east northeast of Bermuda. Only six of the 38 crew were rescued.
Fifty-two years later, one of those survivors, the ship’s electrician Manny González, was listening to his amateur radio at his home in Australia (his callsign is VK3DRQ). He heard the maritimeradio.org special event station ZM50GW calling CQ and decided to respond. After some follow-up messages by email, he agreed to let maritimeradio.org publish his fascinating, first-hand account of the sinking of Monte Palomares.
The approximate location where Monte Palomares went down
By Manolo González