Dunraven
A British merchant ship, which sank in 1876 was built in Newcastle in 1873 and was on route for Bombay before the shipwreck took place.
It was discovered by, Ayre Keller & Howard Rosenstein in 1977.
The wreck lies upside down in depths of between 15-29m and is split in two.
The stern, lying in the deeper water, is penetrated by a hole on the wrecks starboard side, and is home to scorpion fish, groupers and the unusual crocodile fish.
The cargo which was timber and bails of cotton was lost during the shipwreck which also caught on fire.
In 1979 the BBC made a memorable documentary film, of the Dunraven.
Thistlegorm
Probably the most famous diveable shipwreck in the world. Discovered in 1956 by Jacques Cousteau whilst on his famous yacht Calypso.
A British transport ship, built in 1940 and was sank in 1941 by a squadron of German bombers during the second world war, whilst at anchor.
The Thistlegorm was on route for North Africa with supplies for British troops all of which can still clearly be seen on the wreck. These include; Lee Enfield rifles, Bren guns, Wellington boots, BSA motorcycles, Austin cars, Bedford trucks, ammunition, hand grenades, mines, two locomotives.
The wreck was not dived again until the early 1990’s.
The wreck is usually dived with a two tank dive, first dive, explore the outside of the wreck where you will see one of the locomotive’s laying about 35m from the main wreck and in 28m of water and the bomb damage towards the stern.
Second dive, penetrate the wreck where you will see the vast array of munitions, trucks, motorcycles, rifles and Wellington boots.
The wreck is an ideal dive to do your Nitrox course. This is a one day two dive course using EAN. You will see and feel the benefits of using EAN as you are absorbing less nitrogen.