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SELECTION
OF WRECK DIVES FROM PLYMOUTH TO SCILLY ISLES - MANY SCENIC
SITES ALSO AVAILABLE
(A) NAME OF DIVE: SS JAMES EAGAN LAYNE
(B) TYPE: WRECK. 10,414 TONS. WORLD WAR TWO LIBERTY SHIP.
(C) PLACE: WHITSAND BAY
(D) DEPTH: 7 - 24 METRES
(A) HMS SCYLLA
(B) WRECK: NAVY FRIGATE
(C) WHITSAND BAY
(D) 10 - 25 METRES
(A) SS ROSEHILL
(B) WRECK - HUGE JUMBLE OF METAL. 3,980 TONS
(C) WHITSAND BAY
(D) 30 METRES
(A) PERSIER
(B) WRECK. 5,382 TONS. BELGIAN STEAMER -LARGE WRECK
(C) BIGBURY BAY, DEVON
(D) 30 METRES TO SEA BED. SITS UP TO 10 METRES ABOVE SEA
BED
(A) VOLNAY
(B) WRECK. 4,610 TONS ARMED CARGO SHIP
(C) MANNACLES, FALMOUTH
(D) 21 METRES
(A) SS N G PETERSON
(B) WRECK - 1,282 TONS STEAMSHIP - VERY BROKEN UP
(C) MANNACLES, FALMOUTH
(D) 21 METRES
(A) MOHEGAN
(B) WRECK. 6,889 TONS OF 4 MASTED LUXURY LINER
(C) MANNACLES
(D) 17 - 28 METRES
(A) JOHN R PARK
(B) WRECK. 7,184 TONS AMERICAN LIBERTY SHIP ( SIMILAR TO
JAMES EAGAN LAYNE)
(C) WEST OF MULLION COVE
(D) 40 - 55 METRES
A selection of wrecks around the Isles of Scilly: There are
many scenic sites with visibility up to 30 mts
TORREY
CANYON - SUPERTANKER. SANK 1967
DEPTH: 30 METRES. BROKEN UP BUT BOW RELATIVELY INTACT
LADY
CHARLOTTE - 3,593 TONS STEAMSHIP
DEPTH: 10 - 30 METRES FLATTENED BUT WINCHES AND PROP TO BE
SEEN
CITA - 3,083 TONS BULK CARRIER-CONTAINER. THE MOST RECENT
SHIPWRECK ON THE SCILLIES - 1997 - RAN ASHORE AT FULL SPEED
DEPTH: 12 - 30 METRES
DELAWARE - 3,243 TONS STEAMSHIP
DEPTH: 11 - 28 METRES |