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
Mutiny Diving will be at Guz.tech 2026 in Plymouth on 28 November 2026, joining the UK’s technical diving community for a day of wreck exploration, discovery, and proper diving chat. Come and find us there.
