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SUMMARY:SS Maine (1914)
DESCRIPTION:The wreck known locally as the Perrier Wreck is believed to be the small steel steam coaster SS Maine\, lost off Dover on 2 April 1914 after a collision with the Spanish vessel José de Aramburu. She should not be confused with the larger and better-known SS Maine sunk off Devon in 1917. This Maine was a much smaller coastal cargo steamer\, recorded in local wreck references as a 439 GRT steel vessel\, around 50.5 m long with a beam of about 7.4 m\, built in 1900. \nHer final voyage ended near the Dover harbour approaches\, with the UKHO holding a 1914 record titled “Sinking of SS ‘Maine’ off Knuckle Light. Detached mole\, Dover harbour.” The recorded cause of loss was collision. Contemporary shipwreck summaries state that Maine collided with José de Aramburu in the English Channel and sank\, with her crew rescued by the Spanish vessel. No deaths are currently recorded in the accessible casualty summaries\, so this appears to have been a material loss rather than a fatal sinking. \nThe wreck’s local name comes from the cargo remains rather than the ship’s official identity. Divers know the site as the Perrier Wreck because of the bottles found across the wreckage\, including embossed bottles associated with Perrier and “Eaux Artificielles”. I have not yet found a formal cargo manifest\, so the safest wording is that bottled water formed an identifiable part of the cargo remains on the seabed\, rather than claiming a fully documented cargo of Perrier unless further archive material confirms it. \nFor divers\, that gives the site a neat little story. This is not a dramatic wartime torpedoing or a naval battle site. It is a pre-war Channel collision wreck\, sitting in one of the busiest and most awkward stretches of water in Britain. Its interest lies in the combination of Dover shipping history\, early twentieth-century coastal trade\, collision loss\, and the surviving artefact trail left by its cargo. It is a wreck where a modest coaster\, a navigation accident\, and a cargo of bottled water somehow created one of Dover’s more memorable local dive names.
URL:https://mutinydiving.com/trip/ss-maine-1914/
LOCATION:Dover Marina\, Esplanade\, Dover\, Kent\, CT17 9FS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event Tickets,Local Wrecks
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ORGANIZER;CN="Chris Webb":MAILTO:skipper@mutinydiving.com
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SUMMARY:SS Luna (1919)
DESCRIPTION:SS Luna wreck dive\nThe SS Luna wreck dive visits the remains of a Dutch cargo steamer lost near the Goodwin Sands in 1919. Luna had survived the First World War\, but the sea had not finished collecting its debts. On 21 August 1919\, she struck a mine while outward bound from Amsterdam to Lisbon with general cargo. \nThis makes the SS Luna wreck dive a fascinating post-war wreck rather than a direct battle casualty. The war had ended nine months earlier\, yet mines still threatened merchant shipping across the Dover Strait. Luna shows how the Channel remained dangerous long after the guns fell silent. \nThe ship before the sinking\nLuna was a steel screw steamer built in 1912 for the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij of Amsterdam. Historic England records her builder as Vuijk\, while Dutch maritime records identify the yard as A. Vuijk & Zn. at Capelle aan den IJssel. She measured 1\,269 gross tons and 743 net tons\, with a recorded deadweight of 2\,030 tons. \nShe worked as a general cargo vessel\, part of the practical Dutch merchant fleet that kept European trade moving through awkward waters. Although a detailed manifest for her final voyage has not yet surfaced\, records agree that she carried general cargo when she was lost. \nHow SS Luna was lost\nOn 19 August 1919\, Luna left Amsterdam for Lisbon. Two days later\, she struck a mine near the Goodwin Sands and sank. Some newspaper accounts gave conflicting route details\, yet the stronger wreck records place her final passage from Amsterdam to Lisbon. \nThe loss came after the Armistice\, so there was no skirmish\, no gunfire and no submarine attack. Instead\, Luna became a late casualty of the minefields left behind by the First World War. All 26 people aboard survived\, and reports state that they landed safely at Calais. \nYou can read the main wreck record through Historic England’s SS Luna entry. Further Dutch fleet context appears in Marhisdata’s 1919 maritime chronicle. \nThe wreck today\nThe wreck lies in Channel waters off Kent\, with survey records giving a least depth of around 36 to 37 metres and a seabed depth around 46 metres. Historic records describe an apparently coherent wreck structure\, with dimensions varying between surveys as the site was re-examined over time. \nIn 2008\, divers recovered a bell marked “LUNA 1912”\, helping confirm the wreck’s identity. For divers\, Luna offers a strong mix of history\, depth and atmosphere. She is a reminder that the Dover Strait does not need drama to be serious. It has tide\, traffic\, mines\, sandbanks and a long memory. \nAre you a Mutiny Diver? Book more dives.
URL:https://mutinydiving.com/trip/ss-luna-1919/
LOCATION:Dover Marina\, Esplanade\, Dover\, Kent\, CT17 9FS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event Tickets,Offshore Wrecks
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