Three workers injured when the S-74 Tramontana submarine that was being scrapped in Cartagena sank

Three workers have been rescued and treated in the hospital when the S-74 Tramontana submarine sank this Tuesday, the last of the Garlerna class or Agosta class, which was in the process of being scrapped in the Escombreras dock, in Cartagena.

This submarine, which had its first raid on July 5, 1985 and which participated in special operations such as the Perejil Island crisis in 2002, was decommissioned last February and put up for public auction - as indicated by the Official State Gazette - in May, for a base price of 138,468.53 euros. The objective was none other than to destroy it and turn it into scrap metal.

The Emergency Coordination Center received, at 08:26 a.m. this Tuesday, in which Maritime Rescue reported on the transfer to port of these three workers.

Two of them have been evacuated to a berth in the port of Escombreras and a third to the cruise terminal in the port of Cartagena. In total, ambulances with health workers from the Emergency Management Unit 061 have been mobilized to both points, guided by the Port Police.

The health workers stabilized three men, ages 46, 35 and 31, who have been evacuated to the Santa Lucía Hospital in Cartagena.

Sources from the regional government have confirmed to EL MUNDO that two of them are currently in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), while the other person remains in the emergency room.