Most famous wreck dives in the world?

[lowridersvt]

i would have to say my top 5 are

1.Empress of ierland (more paying pasengers lost than the titanic ) quebec canada
2. Roy a jodery 700 ft long steel self unloader at 240 ft in the 1000 islands
3. hamilton and the scourge lake ontario canada
4.Gunilda " its has preserved gold leaf and a piano on it " but at 280ft in lake superior
5.u352 its just an awsome dive

 

[MAC431]

I agree with the Empress of Ireland.

 

[Atomic_Diver]

U-Who

 

[Atomic_Diver]

Oriskany by far has been one of my Fav dives just at the perfect depth for my recerational diver father to enjoy and deep enough to be a nice little weekend challange for me... i guess next on a list would be the spiegel grove at 130' its a really nice penetration dive, and the duane,bibb, and eagle, not to mention the Capt Dan off of Pompano Beach

 

[shoredivr]

i would have to say my top 5 are

1.Empress of ierland (more paying pasengers lost than the titanic ) quebec canada
2. Roy a jodery 700 ft long steel self unloader at 240 ft in the 1000 islands
3. hamilton and the scourge lake ontario canada
4.Gunilda " its has preserved gold leaf and a piano on it " but at 280ft in lake superior
5.u352 its just an awsome dive

Great list, but who'll ever get to dive the Hamilton and Scourge (and post about it....)

 

[splujer]

I like :

In the Read Sea :
- Thistlegorm
- Ghiannis D

Mediterranean Sea :
- Rubis
- Togo
- Donator
- Grec
- Traffik
- Poursuivante
- Hellcat
- Haven

English Channel :
- Amococadiz
- Princess Ena
- Fletlar
- European

 

[DCBC]

There are many excellent wrecks (many already listed). As a Canadian I'd have to add the Wrecks of Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. The Sagagnaga, Lord Strathcona, Rose Castle and PLM27. I'd recommend a Dry Suit; when I was there the water temperature at the seabed was 32 degrees F.

 

[Kevrumbo]

The Battlecruiser HMS Repulse and the Battleship HMS Prince of Wales, sunk in action just days after the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, are the two most famous divable WWII capital ships. Historically they were the first two ships-of-war to be sunk by air power alone while manuevering under power on the open sea.

Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://www.explorers.org/expeditions/reports/Flag_Reports_PDF/Flag 118 - Kevin Denlay - Update.pdf

 

[Thalassamania]

U-853
Wilkes Barre

 

[vintagediver]

USS Minnow somewhere in the Pacific.