Type: Wreck
Qualification Level: Sports Diver
Depth Range: 24m (top of wreck) to 31m (Sea bed)
When to dive: Slack water 2-3 hours before High Water @ Portland or 3-4 hours after HW
Key Features: Large wreck, lots of life, plaice, crabs, lobsters
Chart Plotter Name: GIBEL HAMN
GPS Location:N50°35.8560′ W002°53.0330′

 

Launch Site Address: West Bay, Dorset, DT6 4HE
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Travel time from Boat Shed: 1 hr 20 mins
Site Facilities: Toilets and cafe huts near slip, parking both sides of harbour but early arrival to get best parking close to slip, Air available in the village, plenty of free parking for the boat trailer.
Launch Fee: Pay at the Harbour Master by the slip
Distance over water: 8.4 nm 25mins
Is it permanently bouyed: No
Air Fill: Angling Centre, 10a West Bay Rd, West Bay, Bridport, Dorset DT6 4EL (formerly, West Bay Water Sports.)

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Article Credits: Divernet
WreckSite

Article Author: John Todman

General Information

31m, depth to top of wreck is 24m.

A small british steam ship built at Newcastle in 1895. On September 14 1918, while on passage to France from Swansea with a cargo of coal, she was hit by a torpedo from UB-103.
Twenty one crew, including the captain, were lost, only one man surviving – the Coxswain.
The wreck now lies upright on a sandy sea bed, her stern intact. Amidships, where the torpedo hit on her port side, there is much damage, as you would expect! Her boiler is partly exposed
The wreck is privately owned and you are not allowed to take anything. Also, even though we have never seen anything, human remains of the 21 crewmen who perished are still aboard – so please treat it with respect.