| Channel
Islands - Jersey |
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| The
Magazan |
Location
49
09 24N,02 06 46W
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Place
Demi de Pas Lighthouse |
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| Description:
500 tons - Lighter |
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| Voyage:
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Depth:
11m |
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Sunk: 29 August 1943 - Marine casualty |
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Diving:
Usually a good
dive, with plenty of marine life. Dive MUST be at slack water as current
runs up to 4 knots. Beware, wreck is close to shipping lanes. Hydrofoils
pass every hour in summer. (Contact St. Helier Port Control). Wreck stands
proud of sand/rock seabed approx' 3m. Bow and stern still intact, but
centre section is lying flat on seabed.
Two
power cables also run over the wreck.
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| Launch: |
Slack:
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| St.
Helier |
approx'
1 hour before high or low water at |
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St.
Helier. Slack varies from 10 mins Springs to |
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45
mins Neaps. |
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Charters: |
Further
Information: |
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Admiralty
Chart 3655 |
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| Pros: |
Cons: |
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Tides
can be a problem. |
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Qualifications: |
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Open
Water diver up, should be accompanied by experienced divers.
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Location
49
09.46N, 02 08.29W |
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Place
St. Aubins Bay |
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| Description:
Tug
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| Cargo:
N/A |
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| Voyage:
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Depth:
6m |
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| Sunk:18
February 1961 |
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Diving: Fair
dive for marine life. Seabed is rocky/sand. Wreck very broken, engine
and steel propeller still in place, maximum height of wreckage is 1.5m.
Lays down south side of Ru au Diere Rock and starts approximately 6 metres
from drying head which is usually 12 - 15m south of the Ru au Diere Bell
Buoy.
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| Launch: |
Slack:
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| St.
Helier |
Approx'
1 hour before High or Low water. |
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| Dive
Charters: |
Further
Information: |
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Admiralty
Chart 3655 |
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| Website:
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Qualifications: |
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Any
level from open water up. |
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