| Plymouth |
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| JAMES
EAGAN LAYNE |
Location
50 19.53N; 04 14.70W |
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| Description:
Built 1944, US Liberty ship. 441ft x 57ft. 7176-ton. 2500hp triple-expansion
engines. Armed: 5 Anti-Aircraft, Bow and Stern guns. |
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| Cargo:
War supplies, lorries, jeeps, tank parts, railway rolling stock, US Army
engineers' stores, military motor boats and timber |
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| Voyage:
New York for Ghent, via Barry. |
Depth:
24m. |
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Sunk: 21 March, 1945, torpedoed by
U-1195, starboard side. While being towed by Admiralty tugs into Whitsand
Bay. Water overcame the ship's pumps and she sank about three-quarters of
a mile from shore. |
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| Diving:
Upright, starboard side collapsing. Easy entry to Nos 1 and 2 holds,
where there are lots of railway rolling stock wheels. Main engine now covered
by fallen decking. The port side is a vast sheet of white anemones. Stern
broken off by No 5 hold and linked by rope bridge to main wreckage. |
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Slack:
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| Plymouth
Sound. |
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| Marina
slip at Queen Anne's Battery |
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| Fort
Bovisand |
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| Pros: |
Cons:.
This wreck is so popular that
local boats run a shuttle service! |
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Qualifications: |
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Open
Water diver up, should be accompanied by experienced divers.
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