Most famous wreck dives in the world?

[dwhthediver]

U352 off of North Carolina, The Wisconsin in Lake Michigan

 

[Kevrumbo]

The Cruisers USS Houston and the HMAS Perth, surrounded, annihilated and sunk-in-action in early 1942 (see book Ship of Ghosts).

 

[Garthak]

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

I agree. Two great wrecks in my back yard.

 

[mania]

You all are missing 2 the biggest marine catastrophies that ever happened.
And it's Goya and Gustloff - both lying in the Baltic Sea, Polish waters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goya_(ship)
MV Wilhelm Gustloff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Diving both is restricted - you need to have permission of Polish and German authorities. Still it's not impossible -as you can see Goya was for a quite long time offically lost (unofficialy a lot of divers dived there for artefacts)

 

[Kevrumbo]

You all are missing 2 the biggest marine catastrophies that ever happened.
And it's Goya and Gustloff - both lying in the Baltic Sea, Polish waters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goya_(ship)
MV Wilhelm Gustloff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Diving both is restricted - you need to have permission of Polish and German authorities. Still it's not impossible -as you can see Goya was for a quite long time offically lost (unofficialy a lot of divers dived there for artefacts)

Those are the two most "infamous" wrecks in maritime history, in peacetime or war.

Looking back historically, there is grievously nothing noble, epic or justifiable about these actions at the end of the European Theater WWII: the slaughter of thousands of wounded soldiers and civilian non-combatants by Soviet torpedoes, even under the laws of warfare IMHO . . .that's just plain murder.

 

[Rhone Man]

You'll never see someone from Poland missing a chance to give the Russians a kicking...

 

[Kevrumbo]

You'll never see someone from Poland missing a chance to give the Russians a kicking...

Ah yeah . . .technically it was the Stalin and Soviets back then and I'm sure they celebrated this "great naval action" as propaganda.

The RMS Lusitania is a similar tragedy, but more historically significant in that it brought the US into WWI . . .(good book: The Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy)

 

[Dharshana Jayawardena]

Tulamben Wreck Indonesia
Yongala Australia
H.M.S Hermes Sri Lanka

 

[gunter.bernert]

Check out the wrecks of Busuanga Island in the Philippines.

 

[IDS_Bill]

Check out the wrecks of Busuanga Island in the Philippines.

Gunter - How are ya buddy??????

Yes check out the Taiei Maru and the Akitsushima especially!!!!!

http://www.azdivetraining.com/coron.pdf