Submerged

I was skipper of the Asdale the night she ran ashore. I would just like give a first hand account of what took place on that fateful night. After landing our catch of mackerel to the Russian klondyker Antarctica, we found that our steering would not work

I am very gratefull to Commander Mike Norman Royal Navy, who was the Captain of Sea King 592, for his first hand account of this epic rescue. painting by John Hamilton We were all grateful to have been acknowledged for our efforts later; that is the

Here is a wreck that everybody can enjoy because you do not have to dive on it. You can either look down on it from the headland, or when the tide is out you can scramble over the rocks and walk right up to it. Maenporth

I am very grateful to Rita Agius for sending me the following article about her beloved grandfather Joseph Cauchi who survived the sinking of the Hera The following interview is taken from a Maltese newspaper ‘It-Torca’, Sunday 15th November 1964.

Situated on the the south coast of Cornwall, Falmouth Bay is one of the largest natural harbours in the world and contains a wealth of facinating shipwrecks. Less than two hours from Plymouth by boat or car, the wrecks

The Devon and Cornwall coast is almost as infamous for its spine chilling tales of wreckers, as it is famous for its shipwrecks. Even today the wrecking tradition lives on, as the owners of the ill fated Johanna, wrecked

Built by the Belfast shipping firm of Hartland and Wolff in 1883, the Bay of Panama was described by everyone who saw her as probably the finest sailing ship afloat. With her steel hull, and four square-rigged masts,

The Mohegan, originally built as the Cleopatra by Earles of Hull, was a vessel of some 7000 tons. Prior to her launching she had been purchased by the Atlantic Transport Company of London on July 29th 1898. The Mohegan

From Prawle Point in the East, to the Manacles in the West, with the Eddystone in the middle, make up the triangle of my diving area. Whilst each of these areas is famous for its shipwrecks, only the Manacles are truly

Gull Rock to the east of Falmouth in Veryan Bay, sticks out of the water like the hump of a Sea Dragon. It is so prominent that you would think that it would be easy to avoid. But the sea always lays traps for the unwary,

One of the strangest wreck incidents occurred in 1921, when a group of six German submarines were wrecked on the rocks along Castle Drive. Originally there were nine submarines allocated to Falmouth under the War Reparations

One of the largest wrecks in Falmouth Bay is the Caroni River, a 7807-ton oil tanker. She struck a mine on January 20th 1940, just after she had left the Harbour to carry out engine trials, and she sank with in the

Sometimes you get to dive on a wreck which for some unaccountable reason proves to be irresistible. I say unaccountable, because quite often these wrecks are in shallow water and have little or no real goodies left