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Sussex
Cost Wreck Diving
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ALAUNA |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1916, 19th October |
| Location: |
7 1/2 Miles from Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship, Cunard Liner, 158.6m by
19.5m, 13,405 tons |
| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
36m |
Height: |
12m on the bow |
| Dive information: |
A very impressive dive, and
possibly one of the largest on the Sussex coast.
The wreck is Lying at a 45 degree angle on her port side, with the bow pointing to the
east, sitting 12m proud The mid section is badly broken up but still a very
impressive site. |
| Other comments: |
The 13,405 ton Cunard Liner
went down after hitting a mine on 19th October
1916, 2 of her crew died in the explosion. . This is a big
wreck and would take several dives to see the whole ship. |
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ARGONAUT |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1918, 29th September |
| Location: |
19 Miles from Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Luxury steam yacht, 102m by 12.2m. |
| Cargo: |
|
| Depth: |
32m |
Height: |
10m |
| Dive information: |
Wreck sitting upright |
| Other comments: |
On passage from London to Lisbon,
when in collision with Kingswell |
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ARISTOS |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1967, 28th August |
| Location: |
26 Miles from Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship, 5198 tons |
| Cargo: |
|
| Depth: |
57m |
Height: |
24m |
| Dive information: |
Wreck sitting upright. |
| Other comments: |
On passage from Antwerp to Pirzus,
when involved in a collision with Linde |
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ASHFORD |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1906 |
| Location: |
13 miles SE from Brighton |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
39m |
Height: |
6m |
| Dive information: |
Wreck sitting upright. |
| Other comments: |
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BASIL |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1917, November 11th |
| Location: |
Off Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
38m |
Height: |
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| Dive information: |
Laying at a 45 degree angle and the
holds are easily accessible |
| Other comments: |
The Basil went down on November 11th
1917 after colliding with another vessel, killing 13 of her
crew. She was heading for France with a cargo of brass shells |
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BLANEFEILD |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1906, 1st May |
| Location: |
8 Miles From Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship, 107m by 14m, 3411 tons. |
| Cargo: |
|
| Depth: |
30 |
Height: |
2m |
| Dive information: |
Triple expansion engines sitting 6m
high, the wreck stands 2m high with a 3m scour at the stern. |
| Other comments: |
On passage from Junin to Dover, when
in collision with the Kate Thomas |
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BRAUNTON |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1906, 1st May |
| Location: |
11 Miles From Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship, British Merchantman, 116m
by 15.2m, 4575 tons. |
| Cargo: |
|
| Depth: |
30 |
Height: |
13m |
| Dive information: |
Bows pointing to the west with the
stern standing 13m high. Reportedly many scallops on the
seabed next to the wreck. |
| Other comments: |
On passage Ffrom Boulogne to
Newport, when torpedoed by UB-29 |
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CALEB
SPRAGUE |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1944, 31st January |
| Location: |
10 Miles From Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship, 76.2m by 13m, 1813 tons. |
| Cargo: |
|
| Depth: |
46m |
Height: |
11m |
| Dive information: |
Vessel pointing to the west |
| Other comments: |
On passage from London to Newport,
when torpedoed. |
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CARLISLE
CASTLE |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1918, 14th February |
| Location: |
13 Miles from Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship, Merchantman, 122m by
16.2m, 4325 tons |
| Cargo: |
|
| Depth: |
23 |
Height: |
14 |
| Dive information: |
Wreck pointing to the southwest and lying
upside down. |
| Other comments: |
On passage from Portland USA to
London, when torpedoed by UB 57. |
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CATERHAM |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1906, 1st May |
| Location: |
8 Miles From Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship, 107m by 14m, 3411 tons. |
| Cargo: |
|
| Depth: |
30 |
Height: |
2m |
| Dive information: |
Triple expansion engines sitting 6m
high, the wreck stands 2m high with a 3m scour at the stern. |
| Other comments: |
On passage from Junin to Dover, when
in collision with the Kate Thomas |
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CITY
OF BRISBANE |
| Year built: |
1918 |
Year lost: |
1918 |
| Location: |
6 miles SE from Brighton |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
|
| Depth: |
20 |
Height: |
10 |
| Dive information: |
The wreck is is fairly complete
except for the stern, which has broken up. |
| Other comments: |
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CITY
OF LONDON |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
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| Location: |
7 miles South from Shoreham |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
23m |
Height: |
7m |
| Dive information: |
Wreck well broken up, Their are rumors
that there may in fact be two wrecks lying on top from each
other, this is, however, extremely unlikely. I believe even the
name has not been positively confirmed as being correct. |
| Other comments: |
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CITY
OF WATERFORD |
| Year built: |
1921 |
Year lost: |
1949 |
| Location: |
10 miles ESE from Shoreham |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
28m |
Height: |
7 |
| Dive information: |
A very interesting wreck to dive,
she is sitting upright with a slight list to starboard.
This wreck is still very much intact and has still got lots from
brass. The superstructure is open and can be entered
with safety. Brass valves and other goodies can be seen
in the engine room. |
| Other comments: |
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CLODMOOR |
| Year built: |
1902 |
Year lost: |
1917 |
| Location: |
6.5 miles SE from Brighton |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
20 |
Height: |
4 |
| Dive information: |
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| Other comments: |
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DONA
ISABELLA |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1943, 2nd November |
| Location: |
12 miles from Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship, 61.3m by 10.6m, 1179 tons |
| Cargo: |
|
| Depth: |
30m |
Height: |
10m |
| Dive information: |
Vessel intact. |
| Other comments: |
on passage from Blyth to Portsmouth,
when torpedoed |
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EMERALD |
| Year built: |
1912 |
Year lost: |
1916 |
| Location: |
10 Miles from Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship, 59.5m by 9.1m, 806 tons |
| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
40m |
Height: |
10m |
| Dive information: |
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| Other comments: |
On passage from Middlesbrough
to Poole, when torpedoed |
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FULHAM
VII |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1946, 14th February |
| Location: |
14 Miles from Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship, 76.2m by 13m, 1813 tons |
| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
58m |
Height: |
14m |
| Dive information: |
Dive with great caution, this is a
deep wreck. |
| Other comments: |
on passage from Barry to London,
when in collision with Alfred Victory |
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FORTUNA |
| Year built: |
1912 |
Year lost: |
1916 |
| Location: |
11 miles SE from Shoreham |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
27m |
Height: |
6m |
| Dive information: |
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| Other comments: |
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GLENARM
HEAD |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1918 |
| Location: |
11 miles SSE from Shoreham |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
46m |
Height: |
8m |
| Dive information: |
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| Other comments: |
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INVERCLYDE |
| Year built: |
1914 |
Year lost: |
1942 |
| Location: |
7.5 miles ESE from Shoerham |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
15m |
Height: |
3m |
| Dive information: |
Wreck broken up and scattered over
large area. |
| Other comments: |
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HMS
LAFOREY |
| Year built: |
1913 |
Year lost: |
1917 |
| Location: |
6.5 miles SE from Brighton |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
43m |
Height: |
8m |
| Dive information: |
Broken up amidships. Bridge
section has collapsed. |
| Other comments: |
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LANCER
II |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1918 |
| Location: |
6.5 miles SE from Brighton |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
21m |
Height: |
7m |
| Dive information: |
Wreck is mostly broken up. |
| Other comments: |
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LISBON |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1917, 30th May |
| Location: |
10 from Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship, 1203 tons |
| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
30 |
Height: |
6 |
| Dive information: |
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| Other comments: |
On passage from Newhaven to Boulogne,
possible sunk by a mine. |
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MAASLUST |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
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| Location: |
6 miles South from Shoreham |
| Vessel type: |
44ft tug, 40 tonns |
| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
20 |
Height: |
1 |
| Dive information: |
Not much of a dive this one, no
superstructure, and nothing to see. You could swim
around this wreck on a single breath.
Twice. This would make a good zero viz dive, you wouldn't
be missing anything. If you got lost on this wreck,
well, lets just say maybe you should stick to diving in your
bath tub. Better still, use the shower, its only two
dimensional. |
| Other comments: |
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MIRA |
| Year built: |
1901 |
Year lost: |
1917 |
| Location: |
11.5 miles ESE from Brighton |
| Vessel type: |
British tanker, 105m by 14.5m, 3700
tons |
| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
30m |
Height: |
3m |
| Dive information: |
Wreck is sitting on her starboard
side, decks are vertical,
badly corroded. |
| Other comments: |
Sunk by a mine laid by UC 50 |
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MOLDAVIA |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1918, 23rd May |
| Location: |
25 miles south of Littlehampton |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
52m |
Height: |
17m |
| Dive information: |
Probably
one of the best wreck dive ion the Sussex coast, lying
on her port side with the top of the wreck in about 35m. She
is largely intact with a break amidships where the torpedo
probably hit. Visibility is often in the 20m region, but the
depth makes this a dive for the very experienced only, lives
have been lost on this wreck, so be careful. |
| Other comments: |
The
Moldavia was a P&O liner, and another victim of UB-57 when
she went down on 23rd May 1918 with the loss of 57
lives. The Moldavia is a long way out at 25 miles out from
Littlehampton, taking a 3 hour boat trip to get to
site. |
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NYON |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1962, 15th June |
| Location: |
15.5 miles SE from Brighton |
| Vessel type: |
Cargo vessel. 5,300 tonns |
| Cargo: |
Automobiles, steel |
| Depth: |
43m |
Height: |
14m |
| Dive information: |
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| Other comments: |
vessel in collision with Jalazad. |
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OCEANA |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1912, Marc h 16 |
| Location: |
50.43 N - 00.27 E |
| Vessel type: |
6,600 ton Peninsular & Orient;
British |
| Cargo: |
Silver, Gold, Ivory & over £740,000
specie |
| Depth: |
22m |
Height: |
6m |
| Dive information: |
Boilers exposed and standing 6m
high. Parts of this wreck are covered by shifting sands. |
| Other comments: |
On passage from Tilbury to Bombay
when In collision with German barque Pisagua |
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PAGENTURM |
| Year built: |
1909 |
Year lost: |
1917 |
| Location: |
11.5 miles South of Shoreham |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
44m |
Height: |
22m |
| Dive information: |
Laying o her side. |
| Other comments: |
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PENTRYCH |
| Year built: |
1899 |
Year lost: |
1918 |
| Location: |
6 miles South of Shoreham |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
20 |
Height: |
7 |
| Dive information: |
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| Other comments: |
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QUAIL |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
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| Location: |
11.5 miles South of Shoreham |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
41m |
Height: |
8m |
| Dive information: |
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| Other comments: |
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RAMSGARTH |
| Year built: |
1910 |
Year lost: |
1916 |
| Location: |
11 miles SSW of Shoreham |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
22m |
Height: |
5m |
| Dive information: |
Laying on her starboard side,
collapsing around the midships section. The bow and
stern remain fairly intact. |
| Other comments: |
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RUNDO ex
St EMILION |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1917, 27th July |
| Location: |
17 Miles from Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship, 1112 tons |
| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
30m |
Height: |
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| Dive information: |
Wreck lying North East |
| Other comments: |
On passage from Skien to
Rouen, when torpedoed by UC-65 |
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SAMWAKE |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1944, 31st July |
| Location: |
13 Miles from Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship, Liberty ship, 134.6m by
17.4m, 7176 tons |
| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
48m |
Height: |
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| Dive information: |
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| Other comments: |
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SEAFORD
FERRY |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1895, 21st August |
| Location: |
19 Miles from Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship, 80m by 10m, 997 ton |
| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
42m |
Height: |
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| Dive information: |
The highest point on the wreck is
around the engine room.. |
| Other comments: |
On passage from Newhaven to Dieppe,
when in collision with Lyon |
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SEVEN
SEAS |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1917, 1st April |
| Location: |
13 Miles from Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship, 76m by 10m, 1194 ton. |
| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
48m |
Height: |
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| Dive information: |
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| Other comments: |
On passage from London to Liverpool,
when torpedoed by UB 37. |
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SHIRALA |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1918, July 2 |
| Location: |
South of Worthing |
| Vessel type: |
5,300 ton, British Steamship
Navigation Co. |
| Cargo: |
Four packages of diamonds and
elephants tusks |
| Depth: |
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Height: |
8m |
| Dive information: |
Today she lies North-South and sits
relatively upright with her holds open. The highest
point is the stern, standing some 8m proud. |
| Other comments: |
This fairly large wreck is well
dived by divers along the south coast, she was another victim
of UB-57 when she went down on July 2nd 1918 with he loss of
eight lives. |
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STEAM
TRAWLER |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
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| Location: |
5 miles SSE of Shoreham |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
17m |
Height: |
5m |
| Dive information: |
Wreck sitting upright with a list to
starboard. She started to break up amidships in the mid
80's exposing the engine room with an assortment of of new
goodies, brass valves and fittings for the picking. The
iron propeller is still in place. |
| Other comments: |
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THE
DUCHESS |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1917, 1st July |
| Location: |
7 Miles from Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship 54m long by 8 m wide, 553
tons |
| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
30m |
Height: |
14m |
| Dive information: |
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| Other comments: |
On passage from Newhaven to France,
when in collision with
British Destroyer HMS Cossack |
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T.R.THOMPSON |
| Year built: |
1897 |
Year lost: |
1918 |
| Location: |
11 miles SE of Brighton |
| Vessel type: |
Armed Trawler, 3,500 tonns |
| Cargo: |
Iron |
| Depth: |
30m |
Height: |
14m |
| Dive information: |
Amidships badly broken up.
Stern sitting upright with gun still in place.
Ammunition can be found scattered below the gun. |
| Other comments: |
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UMBA |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1918, 30th April |
| Location: |
12Miles from Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship, Merchantman, 89m by
12.55, 2042 tons |
| Cargo: |
|
| Depth: |
21m |
Height: |
7m |
| Dive information: |
Wreck lying northeast to southwest,
broken in two. |
| Other comments: |
On passage from Dunkirk to Barry
Roads, when torpedoed by UB-57. |
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VASCO |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
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| Location: |
10.5 miles AE of Brighton |
| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
33m |
Height: |
5m |
| Dive information: |
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| Other comments: |
Was known as the South Wreck until
the recovery of the ships bell in 1990. |
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VILLE
DE BORDEAUX |
| Year built: |
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Year lost: |
1911, 25th March |
| Location: |
9 1/2 Miles from Eastborne |
| Vessel type: |
Steamship 82.4m long by 10.3 m wide,
1393 tons |
| Cargo: |
|
| Depth: |
33m |
Height: |
20m |
| Dive information: |
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| Other comments: |
On passage from Brest to Dunkirk,
when in collision with Steamship Irisbrook |
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Year lost: |
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| Location: |
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| Vessel type: |
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| Cargo: |
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| Depth: |
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Height: |
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| Dive information: |
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If you can add to these wrecks,
or would
like to add further information or correct any
errors, then please feel free to e-mail me at
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