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Introduction
All latitude and longitude data is accurate to 0.10 of a degree. If you would like to dive any of these sites contact the Sussex Diving Club and arrange to dive with us. We can provide accurate GPS references for the sites, on a reciprocal basis.
AIRCRAFT HALIFAX
| Latitude: |
50 46.30 N |
| Longitude: |
00 14.00 W |
| Distance: |
5.3 nm bearing 246T from BRIGHTON |
|
3.1 nm bearing 171T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
12 |
Height: |
3 |
| Dive details: |
4-engined bomber, nothing found recently, see TRAWLER (WOODEN) |
| References: |
HR/33 013604570, US 64, DS 152 |
ALAUNIA
| Latitude: |
50 41.00 N |
| Longitude: |
00 27.20 E |
| Distance: |
22.5 nm bearing 109T from BRIGHTON |
|
8.1 nm bearing 143T from EASTBOURNE MARINA |
| Tonnage: |
13405 |
| Built: |
1913 |
Sunk |
1916 |
| Depth: |
36 |
Height: |
12 |
| Dive details: |
Superstructure swept and lies on seabed alongside. Remarkably intact, but broken up amidships and towards stern |
| References: |
DS 325 |
ARIEL
| Latitude: |
50 38.90 N |
| Longitude: |
00 24.80 W |
| Distance: |
15.1 nm bearing 230T from BRIGHTON |
|
12.3 nm bearing 211T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
2220 |
| Built: |
1885 |
Sunk |
1892 |
| Depth: |
32 |
Height: |
2 |
| Dive details: |
Bow section lies to SE, broken up 30ft back from bow, scour to the West |
| References: |
SS p1, DS 161 |
ASHFORD
| Latitude: |
50 39.10 N |
| Longitude: |
00 07.70 E |
| Distance: |
12.9 nm bearing 136T from BRIGHTON |
|
7.8 nm bearing 160T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
1211 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1906 |
| Depth: |
34 |
Height: |
6 |
| Dive details: |
Sitting upright and relatively intact - this is a great dive. You can get round the whole ship on one dive and swim through the central bridge section. |
| References: |
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BALFOUR
| Latitude: |
50 42.80 N |
| Longitude: |
00 24.30 E |
| Distance: |
20.2 nm bearing 106T from BRIGHTON |
|
5.7 nm bearing 147T from EASTBOURNE MARINA |
| Tonnage: |
285 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1918 |
| Depth: |
23 |
Height: |
2 |
| Dive details: |
Naval steam trawler, sinking deeply into the muddy uneven seabed. 134ft by 23ft. |
| References: |
DS 326 |
BARGE (AMMUNITION)
| Latitude: |
50 47.30 N |
| Longitude: |
00 07.20 W |
| Distance: |
1.3 nm bearing 206T from BRIGHTON |
|
5.2 nm bearing 114T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
100 |
| Built: |
1939 |
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
17 |
Height: |
4 |
| Dive details: |
Upright and complete; makes a good novice dive; DS suggests it may be a WW2 landing craft; it looks more like a barge. |
| References: |
HR/39 013605239, DS 196 |
BLANEFIELD?
| Latitude: |
50 41.90 N |
| Longitude: |
00 14.10 E |
| Distance: |
14.5 nm bearing 116T from BRIGHTON |
|
8.1 nm bearing 124T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1906 |
| Depth: |
23 |
Height: |
6 |
| Dive details: |
Only located on echo sounder. |
| References: |
DS 259 |
BRAUNTON
| Latitude: |
50 38.90 N |
| Longitude: |
00 10.60 E |
| Distance: |
14.3 nm bearing 131T from BRIGHTON |
|
8.8 nm bearing 149T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
4575 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1916 |
| Depth: |
30 |
Height: |
13 |
| Dive details: |
This is a massive ship, fairly broken up but some large pieces of wreckage sticking up at various places. Bow and stern sections recognisable, cargo ammo |
| References: |
DS 273 |
BUCKET DREDGER
| Latitude: |
50 49.00 N |
| Longitude: |
00 12.40 W |
| Distance: |
3.9 nm bearing 279T from BRIGHTON |
|
1.5 nm bearing 103T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
8 |
Height: |
|
| Dive details: |
Few remains, on Jenny grounds |
| References: |
HR/42 013605379, DS 142 |
CALEB SPRAGUE
| Latitude: |
50 38.30 N |
| Longitude: |
00 25.50 E |
| Distance: |
22.5 nm bearing 116T from BRIGHTON |
|
10.0 nm bearing 158T from EASTBOURNE MARINA |
| Tonnage: |
1813 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1944 |
| Depth: |
46 |
Height: |
11 |
| Dive details: |
Lies down a slope, so you can pick your depth. Cargo steel and timber. Some salvage work of steel. Damage to port side around holds 3 and 4. |
| References: |
DS 229 |
CANDIA
| Latitude: |
50 34.30 N |
| Longitude: |
00 30.70 W |
| Distance: |
20.9 nm bearing 227T from BRIGHTON |
|
18.2 nm bearing 213T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
6482 |
| Built: |
1896 |
Sunk |
1917 |
| Depth: |
45 |
Height: |
18 |
| Dive details: |
Still reasonably intact in an area of sand dunes |
| References: |
DS 115 |
CITY OF BRISBANE
| Latitude: |
50 44.50 N |
| Longitude: |
00 00.70 E |
| Distance: |
5.9 nm bearing 131T from BRIGHTON |
|
2.7 nm bearing 223T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
7094 |
| Built: |
1918 |
Sunk |
1918 |
| Depth: |
20 |
Height: |
10 |
| Dive details: |
Stern is to the North and is broken up. Bow section remains fairly complete but deck area is a mess of wreckage. |
| References: |
HR/25 013702750,SSp6,DS214,SAB97 |
CITY OF LONDON
| Latitude: |
50 42.30 N |
| Longitude: |
00 14.40 W |
| Distance: |
8.0 nm bearing 219T from BRIGHTON |
|
7.1 nm bearing 178T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
6311 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1918 |
| Depth: |
23 |
Height: |
3 |
| Dive details: |
The wreck lies upside-down with wreckage scattered on the northern side and a lareg area of broken wreckage to the east. |
| References: |
HR/15 013603929, DS 157 |
CITY OF WATERFORD
| Latitude: |
50 40.50 N |
| Longitude: |
00 06.60 W |
| Distance: |
7.9 nm bearing 181T from BRIGHTON |
|
10.3 nm bearing 150T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
1338 |
| Built: |
1921 |
Sunk |
1949 |
| Depth: |
28 |
Height: |
7 |
| Dive details: |
Upright and fairly complete; starting to open up; brass valves and copper pipes exposed in engine room. Cargo of carpets visible at stern. |
| References: |
HR/9 013603644, SS p7, DS 221 |
CLODMOOR
| Latitude: |
50 43.60 N |
| Longitude: |
00 00.60 E |
| Distance: |
6.5 nm bearing 137T from BRIGHTON |
|
3.4 nm bearing 212T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
3733 |
| Built: |
1902 |
Sunk |
1917 |
| Depth: |
20 |
Height: |
4 |
| Dive details: |
Bow section stands proud (off to the NE) but much of the midships section is buried under the sand. Large propeller suspended in mid-water. |
| References: |
SS p11, DS 217, SAB 96 |
DEEP 10'S
| Latitude: |
50 27.50 N |
| Longitude: |
00 16.00 E |
| Distance: |
25.3 nm bearing 145T from BRIGHTON |
|
nm bearing from |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
|
Height: |
|
| Dive details: |
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| References: |
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DEVON COAST
| Latitude: |
50 44.40 N |
| Longitude: |
00 08.70 E |
| Distance: |
10.3 nm bearing 112T from BRIGHTON |
|
3.9 nm bearing 122T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
668 |
| Built: |
1905 |
Sunk |
1908 |
| Depth: |
16 |
Height: |
2 |
| Dive details: |
Known as stoneboat, well broken up and sunk into the seabed |
| References: |
SS p13, DS 254 |
FORTUNA
| Latitude: |
50 41.60 N |
| Longitude: |
00 02.30 W |
| Distance: |
7.2 nm bearing 159T from BRIGHTON |
|
11.1 nm bearing 134T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
1254 |
| Built: |
1912 |
Sunk |
1916 |
| Depth: |
27 |
Height: |
6 |
| Dive details: |
Fairly intact except superstructure, plating thin; recovered small port-hole in 1991, cargo cement |
| References: |
HR/13 013604995, SS p17, DS 220 |
FRODE
| Latitude: |
50 46.10 N |
| Longitude: |
00 28.80 W |
| Distance: |
14.4 nm bearing 260T from BRIGHTON |
|
9.5 nm bearing 249T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
697 |
| Built: |
1917 |
Sunk |
1943 |
| Depth: |
10 |
Height: |
2 |
| Dive details: |
Strewn over a wide area, used by sports fishermen, barren seabed to the east |
| References: |
SS p15, DS 89, SAB 90 |
GASCONY
| Latitude: |
50 39.40 N |
| Longitude: |
00 39.60 W |
| Distance: |
22.9 nm bearing 246T from BRIGHTON |
|
7.0 nm bearing 178T from BOGNOR SLIP |
| Tonnage: |
3133 |
| Built: |
1908 |
Sunk |
1918 |
| Depth: |
28 |
Height: |
3 |
| Dive details: |
Well broken, boilers exposed, plating thin |
| References: |
SS p18, SAB 79 |
GLENARM HEAD/UNKNOWN
| Latitude: |
50 38.60 N |
| Longitude: |
00 11.40 W |
| Distance: |
10.3 nm bearing 198T from BRIGHTON |
|
11.0 nm bearing 169T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
3908 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1918 |
| Depth: |
46 |
Height: |
8 |
| Dive details: |
Intact and upright. Dive Sussex wrongly identifies as Porthkerry. HR wrongly identifies as Glenarm Head. |
| References: |
HR/4 013603164, DS 168 |
GLENARTNEY
| Latitude: |
50 38.80 N |
| Longitude: |
00 25.50 E |
| Distance: |
22.3 nm bearing 115T from BRIGHTON |
|
9.5 nm bearing 156T from EASTBOURNE MARINA |
| Tonnage: |
5201 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1915 |
| Depth: |
31 |
Height: |
6 |
| Dive details: |
Lying on her startboard side on a flat seabed. Very broken up with only bow section and boilers clearly defined |
| References: |
DS 328 |
GLENLEE
| Latitude: |
50 40.50 N |
| Longitude: |
00 33.90 W |
| Distance: |
19.2 nm bearing 245T from BRIGHTON |
|
15.1 nm bearing 233T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
4915 |
| Built: |
1917 |
Sunk |
1918 |
| Depth: |
20 |
Height: |
5 |
| Dive details: |
Smashed about by salvage operations, largely flattened and well silted; 2 boilers and plates on bottom |
| References: |
SS p20, DS 92, SAB 82 |
GRABWELL
| Latitude: |
50 41.30 N |
| Longitude: |
00 25.90 E |
| Distance: |
21.6 nm bearing 109T from BRIGHTON |
|
7.5 nm bearing 147T from EASTBOURNE MARINA |
| Tonnage: |
251 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1942 |
| Depth: |
22 |
Height: |
5 |
| Dive details: |
196ft pile lighter. Sank while on tow. Sits on a flat bottom |
| References: |
DS 324 |
HARPALION
| Latitude: |
50 42.50 N |
| Longitude: |
00 16.30 E |
| Distance: |
15.7 nm bearing 111T from BRIGHTON |
|
9.1 nm bearing 114T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
20 |
Height: |
|
| Dive details: |
|
| References: |
|
INGER
| Latitude: |
50 41.60 N |
| Longitude: |
00 26.70 E |
| Distance: |
22.0 nm bearing 108T from BRIGHTON |
|
7.5 nm bearing 142T from EASTBOURNE MARINA |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
24 |
Height: |
4 |
| Dive details: |
Very broken up. Plate recovered with the letters GER on it. |
| References: |
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INVERCLYDE
| Latitude: |
50 46.40 N |
| Longitude: |
00 03.70 W |
| Distance: |
2.6 nm bearing 140T from BRIGHTON |
|
7.6 nm bearing 113T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
215 |
| Built: |
1914 |
Sunk |
1942 |
| Depth: |
15 |
Height: |
3 |
| Dive details: |
Boiler with scattered wreckage 100 metres away to the west/north-west |
| References: |
HR/34 013604569,SS28,DS209,SAB94 |
JAFFA
| Latitude: |
50 38.60 N |
| Longitude: |
00 27.00 W |
| Distance: |
16.4 nm bearing 233T from BRIGHTON |
|
13.3 nm bearing 215T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
1593 |
| Built: |
1897 |
Sunk |
1918 |
| Depth: |
30 |
Height: |
6 |
| Dive details: |
Lies on port side, |
| References: |
SS p29, DS 160 |
JOSEPH ROBERT
| Latitude: |
50 41.60 N |
| Longitude: |
00 15.00 E |
| Distance: |
15.2 nm bearing 116T from BRIGHTON |
|
8.8 nm bearing 123T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
46 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1958 |
| Depth: |
22 |
Height: |
6 |
| Dive details: |
French trawler. Sits upright on a sandy seabed. Only 60 metres from U40 submarine. |
| References: |
DS 313 |
KERYADO, HMS
| Latitude: |
50 38.50 N |
| Longitude: |
00 07.70 E |
| Distance: |
13.3 nm bearing 138T from BRIGHTON |
|
8.4 nm bearing 161T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
252 |
| Built: |
1920 |
Sunk |
1941 |
| Depth: |
35 |
Height: |
|
| Dive details: |
Very broken up and becoming buried |
| References: |
DS 275 |
LAFOREY, HMS
| Latitude: |
50 38.60 N |
| Longitude: |
00 13.90 W |
| Distance: |
10.9 nm bearing 206T from BRIGHTON |
|
10.8 nm bearing 177T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
995 |
| Built: |
1913 |
Sunk |
1917 |
| Depth: |
43 |
Height: |
8 |
| Dive details: |
Broken midships,bridge collapsed. |
| References: |
HR/5 013603188, DS 170 |
LALEN MENDI
| Latitude: |
50 40.30 N |
| Longitude: |
00 17.80 E |
| Distance: |
17.3 nm bearing 117T from BRIGHTON |
|
10.9 nm bearing 124T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
2138 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1917 |
| Depth: |
26 |
Height: |
6 |
| Dive details: |
Cargo unscreened coal. Torpedoed midships which is badly broken |
| References: |
DS 318 |
LANCER II
| Latitude: |
50 44.20 N |
| Longitude: |
00 01.00 E |
| Distance: |
6.3 nm bearing 132T from BRIGHTON |
|
2.8 nm bearing 214T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
275 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1918 |
| Depth: |
21 |
Height: |
7 |
| Dive details: |
Shape of ship still recognisable. Makes a good novice dive. Starting to break up. Long scour to east |
| References: |
HR/24 013702671, DS 215, SAB 98 |
LESTERS WRECK
| Latitude: |
50 44.90 N |
| Longitude: |
00 01.00 W |
| Distance: |
4.8 nm bearing 136T from BRIGHTON |
|
3.3 nm bearing 242T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
20 |
Height: |
2 |
| Dive details: |
An olden wooden boat that was carrying a cargo of stone. Now makes an interesting rummage with the cargo forming an artificial reef. No woodwork visible above seabed. |
| References: |
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MAASLUST
| Latitude: |
50 43.20 N |
| Longitude: |
00 14.50 W |
| Distance: |
7.4 nm bearing 225T from BRIGHTON |
|
6.2 nm bearing 178T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
40 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
19 |
Height: |
1 |
| Dive details: |
Intact, no superstructure, half-buried, 44ft tug |
| References: |
HR/18 013605033, DS 156 |
MILLGATE
| Latitude: |
50 42.30 N |
| Longitude: |
00 09.80 E |
| Distance: |
11.9 nm bearing 120T from BRIGHTON |
|
5.7 nm bearing 136T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1905 |
| Depth: |
22 |
Height: |
4 |
| Dive details: |
Badly rusted and holed, cargo cement, ribs showing |
| References: |
DS 261 |
MIOWN
| Latitude: |
50 48.30 N |
| Longitude: |
00 15.40 W |
| Distance: |
5.8 nm bearing 269T from BRIGHTON |
|
1.2 nm bearing 201T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
379 |
| Built: |
1909 |
Sunk |
1914 |
| Depth: |
10 |
Height: |
2 |
| Dive details: |
Cargo of cement has made an artificial reef, lots of plates and boilers stand proud |
| References: |
SS p32, DS 138 |
MIRA
| Latitude: |
50 41.20 N |
| Longitude: |
00 08.30 E |
| Distance: |
11.7 nm bearing 127T from BRIGHTON |
|
6.1 nm bearing 150T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
3538 |
| Built: |
1901 |
Sunk |
1917 |
| Depth: |
30 |
Height: |
|
| Dive details: |
Superstructure gone but hull recognisable, sits on her beams, 345 ft long |
| References: |
SS p34, DS 265, SAB 101 |
MOHLEN PRIS
| Latitude: |
50 39.30 N |
| Longitude: |
00 18.00 E |
| Distance: |
17.9 nm bearing 120T from BRIGHTON |
|
11.6 nm bearing 128T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
637 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1917 |
| Depth: |
30 |
Height: |
9 |
| Dive details: |
Upside down on a sandy seabed. Cargo coal. Badly damaged midships |
| References: |
DS 317 |
MOLDAVIA
| Latitude: |
50 23.10 N |
| Longitude: |
00 28.80 W |
| Distance: |
29.0 nm bearing 209T from BRIGHTON |
|
27.8 nm bearing 198T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
9500 |
| Built: |
1903 |
Sunk |
1918 |
| Depth: |
45 |
Height: |
17 |
| Dive details: |
Upright and largely intact |
| References: |
SS p36, DS 118 |
MULBERRY 1
| Latitude: |
50 44.70 N |
| Longitude: |
00 42.20 W |
| Distance: |
23.0 nm bearing 260T from BRIGHTON |
|
18.0 nm bearing 254T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
6044 |
| Built: |
1943 |
Sunk |
1944 |
| Depth: |
9 |
Height: |
8 |
| Dive details: |
Known as the 'Far Mulberry', sits upright on the seabed, masses of fish, a conservation wreck, beware of metal spikes |
| References: |
DS 59 |
NORTHCOATES, HMS
| Latitude: |
50 39.70 N |
| Longitude: |
00 35.40 W |
| Distance: |
20.4 nm bearing 244T from BRIGHTON |
|
16.3 nm bearing 233T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
277 |
| Built: |
1918 |
Sunk |
1944 |
| Depth: |
26 |
Height: |
7 |
| Dive details: |
Upright and largely intact |
| References: |
SS p38, DS 99 |
NY-EEASTEYR
| Latitude: |
50 39.50 N |
| Longitude: |
00 21.60 W |
| Distance: |
13.1 nm bearing 227T from BRIGHTON |
|
10.8 nm bearing 203T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
61 |
| Built: |
1970 |
Sunk |
1980 |
| Depth: |
25 |
Height: |
|
| Dive details: |
Intact with stern stoved in |
| References: |
SS p39, DS 163 |
NYON
| Latitude: |
50 38.00 N |
| Longitude: |
00 12.30 E |
| Distance: |
15.6 nm bearing 131T from BRIGHTON |
|
10.0 nm bearing 146T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
5364 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1962 |
| Depth: |
43 |
Height: |
14 |
| Dive details: |
Well broken. Cargo of cars and steel. |
| References: |
DS 272, SAB 102 |
NYON, SE
| Latitude: |
50 37.80 N |
| Longitude: |
00 13.20 E |
| Distance: |
16.3 nm bearing 130T from BRIGHTON |
|
10.6 nm bearing 144T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
43 |
Height: |
|
| Dive details: |
May be confused with Unknown 11 |
| References: |
|
OCEAN SUNLIGHT
| Latitude: |
50 46.10 N |
| Longitude: |
00 03.90 E |
| Distance: |
6.9 nm bearing 109T from BRIGHTON |
|
.4 nm bearing 146T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
131 |
| Built: |
1929 |
Sunk |
1940 |
| Depth: |
10 |
Height: |
3 |
| Dive details: |
Partially dispersed by explosives, very broken up in 3 sections bow 800 yds 141 degrees Newhaven breakwater |
| References: |
HR/31 013703067, DS 244 |
OCEANA
| Latitude: |
50 42.30 N |
| Longitude: |
00 25.60 E |
| Distance: |
21.1 nm bearing 106T from BRIGHTON |
|
14.5 nm bearing 106T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
6610 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1912 |
| Depth: |
22 |
Height: |
6 |
| Dive details: |
Tangled mass of wreckage |
| References: |
DS 307 |
PAGENTURM
| Latitude: |
50 38.10 N |
| Longitude: |
00 13.00 W |
| Distance: |
11.2 nm bearing 202T from BRIGHTON |
|
11.4 nm bearing 174T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
5000 |
| Built: |
1909 |
Sunk |
1917 |
| Depth: |
44 |
Height: |
24 |
| Dive details: |
Decks almost vertical, guns and superstructure still in place. Huge scour 5-10 metres on the western side. |
| References: |
HR/1 013603048, SS p41, DS 169 |
PENTRYCH
| Latitude: |
50 43.40 N |
| Longitude: |
00 15.80 W |
| Distance: |
7.8 nm bearing 229T from BRIGHTON |
|
6.1 nm bearing 186T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
3381 |
| Built: |
1899 |
Sunk |
1918 |
| Depth: |
20 |
Height: |
7 |
| Dive details: |
there is one large section that stands well proud. Lots of scattered wreckage around the ship spread out over a large area. Cargo coal. |
| References: |
SS p42, DS 155 |
PINE, HMS
| Latitude: |
50 43.00 N |
| Longitude: |
00 37.20 W |
| Distance: |
20.3 nm bearing 254T from BRIGHTON |
|
15.6 nm bearing 245T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
530 |
| Built: |
1940 |
Sunk |
1944 |
| Depth: |
10 |
Height: |
1 |
| Dive details: |
Flattened by explosives |
| References: |
SS p43, DS 95, SAB 80 |
QUAIL
| Latitude: |
50 38.00 N |
| Longitude: |
00 18.40 W |
| Distance: |
12.9 nm bearing 216T from BRIGHTON |
|
11.6 nm bearing 191T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
41 |
Height: |
8 |
| Dive details: |
An old steamship 260ft by 30ft. Stands upright and is reasonable intact. Brojken in some areas where cargo of glassware is spilling out onto seabed. |
| References: |
DS 172 |
RAMSGARTH
| Latitude: |
50 40.00 N |
| Longitude: |
00 23.60 W |
| Distance: |
13.8 nm bearing 232T from BRIGHTON |
|
11.0 nm bearing 210T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
1553 |
| Built: |
1910 |
Sunk |
1916 |
| Depth: |
22 |
Height: |
5 |
| Dive details: |
Lies on starborad side, bow and stern fairly intact, midships is collapsing |
| References: |
SS p44, DS 159 |
SEVEN SEAS
| Latitude: |
50 38.90 N |
| Longitude: |
00 15.40 E |
| Distance: |
16.8 nm bearing 124T from BRIGHTON |
|
10.7 nm bearing 135T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
1194 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1915 |
| Depth: |
35 |
Height: |
7 |
| Dive details: |
Sinking into the seabed. Two forward and two aft holds which are well silted. Badly damaged near forward holds |
| References: |
DS 316 |
SHIRALA
| Latitude: |
50 40.90 N |
| Longitude: |
00 35.20 W |
| Distance: |
19.8 nm bearing 247T from BRIGHTON |
|
7.3 nm bearing 194T from LITTLEHAMPTON |
| Tonnage: |
5306 |
| Built: |
1901 |
Sunk |
1918 |
| Depth: |
26 |
Height: |
8 |
| Dive details: |
Well broken up and dispersed, lots of goodies in the general cargo |
| References: |
SS p46, DS 93, SAB 81 |
STANWOLD
| Latitude: |
50 38.00 N |
| Longitude: |
00 20.10 W |
| Distance: |
13.6 nm bearing 220T from BRIGHTON |
|
12.6 nm bearing 142T from LITTLEHAMPTON |
| Tonnage: |
1020 |
| Built: |
1909 |
Sunk |
1941 |
| Depth: |
36 |
Height: |
10 |
| Dive details: |
Intact but three quarters upside-down |
| References: |
SS p48, DS 175 |
STEAM TRAWLER
| Latitude: |
50 44.70 N |
| Longitude: |
00 11.30 W |
| Distance: |
4.9 nm bearing 221T from BRIGHTON |
|
5.1 nm bearing 155T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
17 |
Height: |
5 |
| Dive details: |
Split midships in 1987, 98ft by 31 ft steam trawer. Decks have now collapsed and lies broken on the seabed. Good novice dive. |
| References: |
HR/26 0136043750, SAB 93, DS154 |
SUBMARINE U-40
| Latitude: |
50 41.60 N |
| Longitude: |
00 15.00 E |
| Distance: |
15.1 nm bearing 116T from BRIGHTON |
|
8.7 nm bearing 124T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1939 |
| Depth: |
22 |
Height: |
|
| Dive details: |
Type 9A submarine. Sits upright. Recently salvaged. Only 60 metres from Joseph Roberts. |
| References: |
DS 314 |
SUBMARINE UC65
| Latitude: |
50 30.20 N |
| Longitude: |
00 26.60 E |
| Distance: |
27.7 nm bearing 130T from BRIGHTON |
|
nm bearing from |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
|
Height: |
|
| Dive details: |
Deep mid-channel dive. |
| References: |
|
T.R. THOMPSON
| Latitude: |
50 40.20 N |
| Longitude: |
00 05.60 E |
| Distance: |
11.2 nm bearing 137T from BRIGHTON |
|
6.4 nm bearing 168T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
3538 |
| Built: |
1897 |
Sunk |
1918 |
| Depth: |
30 |
Height: |
14 |
| Dive details: |
Recognisable shape, collapsing internally, upright with a bad break half-way along, gun on aft deck, cargo iron ore |
| References: |
SS p50, DS 264, SAB 100 |
TRAWLER (WOODEN)
| Latitude: |
50 46.30 N |
| Longitude: |
00 14.00 W |
| Distance: |
5.3 nm bearing 246T from BRIGHTON |
|
3.1 nm bearing 171T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
12 |
Height: |
|
| Dive details: |
Lies a few yards to the south of the Halifax Bomber. Unable to locate recently. |
| References: |
DS 153 |
UNKNOWN 7 SW OF QL
| Latitude: |
50 37.60 N |
| Longitude: |
00 19.00 W |
| Distance: |
13.5 nm bearing 216T from BRIGHTON |
|
12.1 nm bearing 193T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
42 |
Height: |
10 |
| Dive details: |
Lies in deep hole/valley. 290 ft long. 3 metre scour on North, 20 metre sand wave poised above her. |
| References: |
DS 174 |
UNKNOWN 9 W OF QL
| Latitude: |
50 37.80 N |
| Longitude: |
00 19.60 W |
| Distance: |
13.6 nm bearing 218T from BRIGHTON |
|
12.0 nm bearing 194T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
30 |
Height: |
10 |
| Dive details: |
Well broken up, possibly 260 ft freighter. Nearby is another 370 ft area of wreckage. 2 wrecks? or 1 split in two? Possibly the TYCO |
| References: |
DS 173 |
UNKNOWN 11
| Latitude: |
50 37.90 N |
| Longitude: |
00 13.10 E |
| Distance: |
16.2 nm bearing 130T from BRIGHTON |
|
10.5 nm bearing 144T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
37 |
Height: |
|
| Dive details: |
120 ft lying on flat sand seabed |
| References: |
DS 271 |
UNKNOWN 12 GLEN HD!
| Latitude: |
50 37.00 N |
| Longitude: |
00 16.60 W |
| Distance: |
13.2 nm bearing 209T from BRIGHTON |
|
12.5 nm bearing 185T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
52 |
Height: |
10 |
| Dive details: |
Intact and upright. Dive Sussex identifies as Glenarm head. |
| References: |
DS 180 |
UNKNOWN 13
| Latitude: |
50 38.60 N |
| Longitude: |
00 09.20 E |
| Distance: |
13.9 nm bearing 135T from BRIGHTON |
|
8.7 nm bearing 155T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
35 |
Height: |
3 |
| Dive details: |
A wooden boat, upright with ribs showing, 155 ft long. Depth is based on charted position. |
| References: |
DS 274 |
UNKNOWN 20 CRAB WK
| Latitude: |
50 39.60 N |
| Longitude: |
00 12.70 E |
| Distance: |
15.0 nm bearing 126T from BRIGHTON |
|
9.0 nm bearing 139T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
2500 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
29 |
Height: |
8 |
| Dive details: |
Very battered, on soft silt seabed, midships is a mess. Locally known as big crab wreck. |
| References: |
DS 269 |
UNKNOWN 22 E OF ASH
| Latitude: |
50 39.70 N |
| Longitude: |
00 11.30 E |
| Distance: |
14.2 nm bearing 127T from BRIGHTON |
|
8.3 nm bearing 143T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
1500 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
30 |
Height: |
6 |
| Dive details: |
Upside-down, large wreck, some swim throughs, large stern section and propeller. |
| References: |
DS 268 |
UNKNOWN 23
| Latitude: |
50 40.60 N |
| Longitude: |
00 19.80 W |
| Distance: |
11.5 nm bearing 227T from BRIGHTON |
|
9.3 nm bearing 200T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
23 |
Height: |
7 |
| Dive details: |
Reasonably intact and rolled onto her side; some stern superstructure. ENgine room can be accessed through the upturned and thinning hull. |
| References: |
DS 158 |
UNKNOWN 31 W OF CLOD
| Latitude: |
50 43.90 N |
| Longitude: |
00 00.70 W |
| Distance: |
5.7 nm bearing 141T from BRIGHTON |
|
10.4 nm bearing 121T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
19 |
Height: |
3 |
| Dive details: |
An old wreck well sunk into silt, 105ft long. Main wreck is to the WNW of GPS position. Odd bits of wreckage appear out of the sand. |
| References: |
HR/22 013605082, DS 213 |
UNKNOWN 32 CELTIC
| Latitude: |
50 44.10 N |
| Longitude: |
00 03.70 E |
| Distance: |
7.7 nm bearing 123T from BRIGHTON |
|
2.3 nm bearing 177T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
21 |
Height: |
3 |
| Dive details: |
Partially buried and broken up, 92 ft long. Called Celtic by local fishermen. Boiler-shaped cylinder and broken wreckage. |
| References: |
HR/23 013702658, DS 262 |
UNKNOWN 41
| Latitude: |
50 42.30 N |
| Longitude: |
00 27.80 E |
| Distance: |
22.5 nm bearing 105T from BRIGHTON |
|
7.4 nm bearing 135T from EASTBOURNE MARINA |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
19 |
Height: |
|
| Dive details: |
Badly broken and split in two |
| References: |
DS 304 |
UNKNOWN 43
| Latitude: |
50 42.50 N |
| Longitude: |
00 25.30 E |
| Distance: |
20.9 nm bearing 106T from BRIGHTON |
|
6.3 nm bearing 144T from EASTBOURNE MARINA |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
26 |
Height: |
4 |
| Dive details: |
|
| References: |
DS 308 |
UNKNOWN 44
| Latitude: |
50 42.80 N |
| Longitude: |
00 24.30 E |
| Distance: |
20.2 nm bearing 106T from BRIGHTON |
|
13.7 nm bearing 105T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
20 |
Height: |
|
| Dive details: |
Almost completely buried. Possibly the Balfour |
| References: |
DS 309 |
UNKNOWN 45
| Latitude: |
50 41.00 N |
| Longitude: |
00 20.30 E |
| Distance: |
18.4 nm bearing 113T from BRIGHTON |
|
11.9 nm bearing 117T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
33 |
Height: |
9 |
| Dive details: |
Small coaster sitting upright but well sunk into the soft seabed. 4 holds and her bridge |
| References: |
DS 319 |
UNKNOWN 46
| Latitude: |
50 41.50 N |
| Longitude: |
00 20.60 E |
| Distance: |
18.4 nm bearing 112T from BRIGHTON |
|
11.9 nm bearing 114T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
30 |
Height: |
6 |
| Dive details: |
50ft long |
| References: |
DS 320 |
UNKNOWN 47
| Latitude: |
50 41.00 N |
| Longitude: |
00 22.80 E |
| Distance: |
19.9 nm bearing 111T from BRIGHTON |
|
13.4 nm bearing 113T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1906 |
| Depth: |
23 |
Height: |
5 |
| Dive details: |
262ft long. An old steamer, well sunk into the seabed and heavily silted |
| References: |
DS 321 |
UNKNOWN 48
| Latitude: |
50 41.70 N |
| Longitude: |
00 28.00 E |
| Distance: |
22.8 nm bearing 107T from BRIGHTON |
|
8.0 nm bearing 137T from EASTBOURNE MARINA |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
28 |
Height: |
8 |
| Dive details: |
On a rough seabed of hills and valleys. Very broken |
| References: |
DS 327 |
UNKNOWN 50
| Latitude: |
50 40.90 N |
| Longitude: |
00 15.50 E |
| Distance: |
15.7 nm bearing 118T from BRIGHTON |
|
9.4 nm bearing 126T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
34 |
Height: |
|
| Dive details: |
|
| References: |
|
UNKNOWN OBSTRUCTN 2
| Latitude: |
50 40.10 N |
| Longitude: |
00 17.40 W |
| Distance: |
10.8 nm bearing 220T from BRIGHTON |
|
9.4 nm bearing 190T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
27 |
Height: |
2 |
| Dive details: |
Unidentified obstruction |
| References: |
DS 165 |
VASCO
| Latitude: |
50 39.50 N |
| Longitude: |
00 01.90 E |
| Distance: |
10.3 nm bearing 149T from BRIGHTON |
|
7.0 nm bearing 188T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
|
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
|
| Depth: |
33 |
Height: |
5 |
| Dive details: |
Locally known as SOUTH WRECK, sits atop a deep scour, 3 big holds and a deckhouse aft, bell recovered in 1990 |
| References: |
HR/8 013701678, DS 228 |
VENUS
| Latitude: |
50 45.50 N |
| Longitude: |
00 05.30 E |
| Distance: |
7.9 nm bearing 111T from BRIGHTON |
|
1.5 nm bearing 131T from NEWHAVEN |
| Tonnage: |
22 |
| Built: |
|
Sunk |
1981 |
| Depth: |
12 |
Height: |
3 |
| Dive details: |
Blown into 3 pieces as it obstructed the ferry |
| References: |
DS 248 |
WAR HELMET
| Latitude: |
50 37.40 N |
| Longitude: |
00 37.50 W |
| Distance: |
22.1 nm bearing 240T from BRIGHTON |
|
18.3 nm bearing 228T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
8184 |
| Built: |
1917 |
Sunk |
1918 |
| Depth: |
28 |
Height: |
6 |
| Dive details: |
Well flattened midships, stern well broken, bow complete; boxes of sheel cases have been found |
| References: |
SS p54, DS 105, SAB 83 |
ZAANSTROOM
| Latitude: |
50 39.10 N |
| Longitude: |
00 38.90 W |
| Distance: |
21.5 nm bearing 244T from BRIGHTON |
|
17.4 nm bearing 233T from SHOREHAM |
| Tonnage: |
900 |
| Built: |
1895 |
Sunk |
1911 |
| Depth: |
30 |
Height: |
9 |
| Dive details: |
Now resembles a barge, with superstructure collapsed into the holds |
| References: |
DS 98 |
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