For years, the divers who descended off the coast of San Pedro de Alcántara (Marbella) knew it simply as "the boat of the buttons." Among its remains were dozens of brass buttons of military uniforms that many even came to take as a souvenir. No one knew for sure which ship rested just seven meters deep and about 300 meters from the shore. Today, after several years of research, that petio has revealed its true identity: it is the Fernando, one …
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For years, the divers who descended off the coast of San Pedro de Alcántara (Marbella) knew it simply as "the boat of the buttons." Among its remains were dozens of brass buttons of military uniforms that many even came to take as a souvenir. No one knew for sure which ship rested just seven meters deep and about 300 meters from the shore. Today, after several years of research, that petio has revealed its true identity: it is the Fernando, one …