No name, no neat story, no tidy archive entry: this unidentified local wreck dive is a proper Kent coast mystery. Join us as we drop onto an unnamed seabed mark and look for the clues that could reveal whether it is a forgotten coaster, wartime casualty, barge, sailing vessel or something stranger still.
This deeper offshore wreck dive heads beyond the usual inshore marks to a more serious Channel site, where depth, tide and distance add real commitment. Expect mystery, machinery, wreckage and the chance to help piece together a story that still refuses to surface politely.
SM UC-77 spent the war laying mines and sinking ships, then vanished during her own attempt to slip through the Dover Barrage in July 1918. This SM UC-77 wreck dive follows a German minelaying U-boat, 30 lost crew and a disputed final position that still keeps wreck researchers arguing like tired men in a harbour pub.
SM UB-109 slipped through the Dover Barrage once, sank ships in the Atlantic, then returned to find the door had become a trap. This wreck dive follows a German U-boat blown apart by shore-controlled mines off Folkestone in 1918, with eight survivors and twenty-eight dead.
SM UB-78 tried to force the Dover Strait in April 1918 and found the Barrage waiting. This wreck dive explores a German Type UB III submarine split by mines off Folkestone, with all 35 crew lost and a seabed identity muddle that took divers years to untangle.
SM UB-33 tried to slip through the Dover Barrage in April 1918, but the Varne Bank minefield had other plans. This wreck dive follows a German UB II submarine lost with all 28 crew, later entered by Royal Navy divers who recovered secret code books from the dead boat.
SM UB-55 left Zeebrugge in April 1918 and tried to force the Dover Barrage, but the minefield had other ideas. This SM UB-55 wreck dive follows a successful German U-boat blown open near Dover, with six survivors, thirty dead and a wartime wreck investigation that recovered her gun.
SM UB-109 slipped through the Dover Barrage once, sank ships in the Atlantic, then returned to find the door had become a trap. This wreck dive follows a German U-boat blown apart by shore-controlled mines off Folkestone in 1918, with eight survivors and twenty-eight dead.
This deeper offshore wreck dive heads beyond the usual inshore marks to a more serious Channel site, where depth, tide and distance add real commitment. Expect mystery, machinery, wreckage and the chance to help piece together a story that still refuses to surface politely.
This deeper offshore wreck dive heads beyond the usual inshore marks to a more serious Channel site, where depth, tide and distance add real commitment. Expect mystery, machinery, wreckage and the chance to help piece together a story that still refuses to surface politely.
SS Unity was carrying ordnance to Calais when UB-57 found her off Folkestone in May 1918. This wreck dive follows a Goole steamer, a deadly Channel crossing, twelve lost crew and a seabed that still holds the small personal traces of a wartime voyage cut short.
Move dive boat(s) to Ramsgate from Dover
