Shipwreck found in Hungarian river: may be half a century old

In recent days, the water level of the River Maros has been extremely low, causing sandbanks to emerge in the river. A sunken shipwreck near Ferencszállás has also become visible.

The water level of the River Maros has been extremely low in recent days, which has caused an interesting shipwreck to surface. There is no detailed information about the wreck, as the vegetation in the floodplain is very dense and it is not possible to take close-up photos, Sokszínű Vidék reports.

The photos of the boat were taken by Attila Bodrogi, an amateur naturalist and meteorology enthusiast. You can check out his photo of the wreck HERE.

All that is known about the boat is that in its heyday, it was a barge that used to transport stones to fill the Maros, and it probably sank during transport. According to the Water Directorate’s records, the vessel may have been a Romanian crossing barge.

The shipwreck appeared in the river as a result of the extremely low water level in the River Maros. According to our records, the wreck is located in the vicinity of the 18,560 river kilometre section of the river. It is the remains of a small vessel that came from Romania during the 1970 Maros emergency flooding,

Tibor Borza, deputy technical director of the Lower Tisza Water Management Directorate (Alsó-Tisza-vidéki Vízügyi Igazgatóság), told Sokszínű Vidék.

The last record flooding of the Maros was in May 1970, when the river reached a height of 624 centimetres.

Read also:

• Looking for a property near Lake Balaton? You’ll have to dig deep into your pockets!
• This is why Hungarian is the strangest language in Europe