Here's a news clip for the Brits

[fgray1]

http://www.feedroom.com/iframeset.jsp?ord=487868
Here is a link of a news atory about the ship that was sunk off Great Britain today for an atificial reef. You'll have to goto channel in the upper left corner, Scoll to Around the World and click on the next tab till you see the story. Sorry the link won't hold on the story.
Fred

 

[simbrooks]

Fred,

sorry, but that link shows me a whole bunch of recent top news stories, nothing i can see about a shipwreck - are there any other instructions beyond opening the page? I flicked through a good few dozen articles heading back towards the beginning of the year and nothing came up.

 

[golum]

I think this may the info your after. HMS Syclla was scuttled off Whitsand Bay, Plymouth. Try the following. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/3591385.stm
You may find more info on divernet.com, but the site is currently down.


Dive Safe
Pete

 

[String]

Try http://www.artificial-reef.co.uk/Home_1.asp?category=3&id=556&sw=1280&sh=996&sd=32&ww=1276&wh=801

for the official site.

In short, Leander class frigate sunk deliberately as an artificial reef. Its been "sterilised" and made diver friendly and lies upright in about 25m water.

Despite my misgivings about the need for an artificial wreck im diving it apparently twice next weekend.