Thursday, 17 June 2010

Unicorn - Tile Wreck

Diving last night out of Plymouth. The dive site was a 28m long freighter that was carrying a cargo of red roof tiles. She sank in heavy seas when her cargo shifted causing her to take on water. She lies in 53m on a muddy/silty seabed. The wreck is very broken with the highest points being the tip of the bow and the boiler. We descended through clear but plankton filled water but as we got deeper so it became darker even though it was a clear sunny evening. Reaching the bottom I was greeted by the bow which is about 3m above the sea bed, setting off along the port side the site is littered with tiles, amongst these there are numerous Conger, edible Crab and Squat Lobster. Around me there was a large shoal of Bib and Pollock swimming just beyond the confines of the wreck site. I followed the wreck to the stern where the steering gear and rudder lie and just beyond these is a large winch that has fallen free of the wreck. I then started to make my way back towards the bow via the starboard side but due to the amount of divers on the wreck the visibility was starting to deteriorate and by time I reached the bow it was down to zero. I decided to call it a day and made my way back up the shot line with 20 mins of stops to do. This is a cracking little dive but would be better with a max of 6 divers.

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