wreck dive

Wreck	Area	Lost	Depth in M
01. ss Stanwood	Carrick Roads	1939	18-26
02. Epsilon	Falmouth Bay	1917	24
03. Sevra	Falmouth Bay	1941	16
04. Caroni Rivers	Falmouth Bay	1942	26
05. N.G. Petersen	Falmouth Bay	1918	22
06. H.M.T. Rinovia	Falmouth Bay	1941	52
07. Jersey Queen	Falmouth Bay	1940	52
08. Andromeda	Porthmellin Head	1915	7
09. sv Hera	Veryan Bay	1914	18
10. Lady of the Isles	Gerrans Bay	1904	52
11. Rock Island Bridge	Helford	1928	13
12. Volnay	Porthallow Bay	1917	22
13. Bay of Panama	Porthallow Bay	1891	9
14. Lady Dalhousie	Manacles	1884	12
15. SS Mohegan	Manacles	1891	26
16. Andola	Manacles	1895	10
17. H.M.S Primrose	Manacles	1809	17
18. Port Chalmers	Lowland Point	1886	12
19. Pindos	Chynalls Point	1912	12
20. Rose	Chynalls Point	1866	12
21. SS Veritas	Coverack	1907	38
22. Godolphin	Black Head	1888	10
23. Plantagenet	Black Head	1897	10
24. Clan Alpine	Black Head	1873	12
25. Gunvor	Pedn Boar	1912	12
26. Carmarthen	Kennack Bay	1916	23
27. Citrine	Kennack Bay	1955	23
28. Bellucia	Kennack Bay	1917	19
29. Socoa	Kennack Bay	1906	11
30. Clan Malcolm	Lizard	1935	16
31. Adolf Vinnen	Lizard	1923	13
32. Czar	Lizard	1859	18
33. Hansy	Lizard	1911	11
34. Mosel	Lizard	1882	14
35. Ilston	Lizard	1917	46
36. Spyridion Vagliano	Manacles	1890	18
37. Ponus	Falmouth Bay	1916	7
38. UC92	Falmouth Bay	1921	6
39. UBs 86, 112, 97, 128, 106	Falmouth Bay	1921	8
40. City of Ghent	Lizard	1955	34
41. Carmalina	Manacles	1917	54
42. Eric Calvert	Falmouth Bay	1917	58
43. Bretonne	Falmouth Bay	1923	58
44. Great Eastern	Falmouth Bay		58
45. Cape Finistere	Falmouth Bay	1917	60
46. Sommeina	Falmouth Bay	1917	59
47. Spital	Falmouth Bay	1918	58
48. Plane	Gerrans Bay	1942	32
49. Unknown Wreck	Lizard		58
50. Eskdale	Falmouth Bay	1943	70
51. Rubaan	Lizard	1939	25
52. Eastfield	Dodman	1917	48
53. Butetown	Dodman	1918	49
54. UB113	Dodman	1920	58
55. Lord Snowden	Falmouth Bay	1942	59
56. Hansey	Lizard	1911	12
57. UB118	Dodman	1920	68
58. Tug	Falmouth Bay	1944	25
59. Vinlake	Falmouth Bay	1917	58
60. Dispatch	Black Head	1809	10
61. Briel	Black Head	1791	10
62. Active	Lizard	1942	32
63. Brest	Lizard	1906	12
64. Leon Martin	Falmouth Bay	1940	14
65. Bomber	Manacles		51
66. Brett	Lizard	1989	40
67. Ibis	Lizard	1918	34
68. Lydie	Falmouth Bay	1918	65
69. Ben Asdale	Falmouth Bay	1978	0-5
70. HMS Torrid & The Queen	Carrick Roads		8

Reefs	Area		Depth (M)
100. The Old Wall Reef	Gerrans Bay		8 – 36
101. Bizzies Reef	Gerrans Bay		7 – 18
102. Outer Bizzies Canyon	Gerrans Bay		15 – 32
103. Lath Rock	Veryan Bay		7 – 24
104. East Narrows Wall	Carrick Roads		14 – 36
105. Shore’s Rock	Gerrans Bay		2 – 8
106. Wrigglers Inner Pinnacle	Falmouth Bay		28 – 54
107. Vase Rock	Manacles		7 – 36
108. Pen Wyn Reef	Manacles		4 – 46
109. Half Way Rocks	Manacles		10 – 32
110. Raglans Reef	Manacles		8 – 38
111. Foam Rock	Lowland Point		5 – 22
112. The Razers	Black Head		10 – 26
113. Pencra & Tol Peg	Falmouth Bay		8-30
114. Killigerran Head	Gerrans Bay		8
115. Helford River MCZ	Helford		8
116. Helford Pool and Drift	Helford		18
117. Carn Du	Manacles		6-36
118. Fraggle Rock & Cave	Falmouth Bay		8
119. Newporth Head	Falmouth Bay		7
120. St Just Pool/Kat’s Wall	Carrick Roads		30
121. Trefusis Head	Carrick Roads		8
122. Turnaware Bar	Carrick Roads		18
123. The Whelps	Gerrans Bay		6-30
124. Cannon Ball	Falmouth Bay		21
125. Seal Caves	Falmouth Bay		9
126. Puskeys	Falmouth Bay		17-34
127. Maenland	Manacles		5-23
128. August Rock	Helford		3-12
129. East Davas	Lowland Point		6-14
130. Vrogue Rock	Lizard		5-21
131. Cannons	Gerrans Bay		15
132. Gull Rock Caves	Gerrans Bay		10
133. Holland Rock	Gerrans Bay		26-18
134. The Manacles	The Manacles		0-44
Species Specific	Area		Depth (M)
135. Sea Grass	Falmouth		1-10
136. Maerl	Falmouth		4-10
137. Pink Sea Fans	Falmouth		18-70
138. Grey Seals	Falmouth		0-10

Lady of the Isles

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The Lady of the Isles was a cable layer for the navy at the time of it’s sinking. It was under tow when it hit a mine. It now lies in a depth of around 52m and is another easy trimix dive. Small enough to complete in a single trimix dive, the stern is quite intact while the bow section is quite broken.

Jun 05

Rinovia HMT

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The HMT Rinovia was a steam fishing vessel, requisitioned as a mine sweeper in 1939. In 1940, it hit a mine and sank. It now lies in around 55m and is a really nice shallow trimix dive. It is small enough to be covered in a single dive, even at this depth. Lying fairly intact and upright, it can have a covering of fishing nets, which are themselves, normally covered in Plumose anemones.

Jun 05

Sevra Wreck

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Little remains of the wreck of the requisitioned trawler, the Sevra (HMT or HMS). There is some discussion as to which wreckage belongs to the Sevra and that of the AN2, both were very similar ships and both used as mine sweepers. They sank within a few hundred metres of each other, within two days or each other and were both flattened at the same time in 1949 by HMS Caldy. After the levelling, the records got mixed up.

Not an easy site to find, it can be easily missed underwater too, it is quite flat.

Dec 29

Andola Wreck

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The Andola was a 2045 ton, 84m long fully rigged sailing ship. It hit the Manacles Reef on 31/01/1895 in bad weather. Now well broken and lying quite flat it is an easy shallow dive, at a maximum depth of around 8-9m.

sv Andola

sv Andola today

Leon Martin Wreck

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The Leon Martin detonated a mine in 1940 off of Falmouth whilst carrying 2,300 tons of gas oil. She ended up just off of St Anthony’s light house and now lies well broken.

Andromeda Wreck

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The 1928 ton four masted sailing barque, the sv Andromeda, was on route to Falmouth from Tacoma when on early Saturday morning a terrific gale drove her ashore on Porthmellin Head. She was waiting for the ship’s pilot to come but they never received the call. Carrying a cargo of 2,500 tons of wheat, the 82.67m x 12.91m x 7.16m ship became a total loss. read more →

Bay of Panama Wreck

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The 89m long, 2300 ton Bay of Panama was on route from Calcutta to Dundee when she got caught in an almighty storm. The four masted steel sailing ship was dashed against the Rocks on 10/03/1891, near Near Head.

It now lies well broken in the shallows covered in sand and kelp for most of the year. When it is exposed it is a surreal sight, it can look like it has just sunk after the metal has been sand blasted. The wreck has partially buried itself so you can end up diving under the sea bed. Lying between 3-8m in depth it is suitable for all levels of divers.

Bay of Panama today