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SUMMARY:SS Sabac (1962)
DESCRIPTION:The SS Sabac wreck dive takes us to one of the Dover Strait’s most tragic post-war merchant ship losses. Sabac was a Yugoslav steam cargo ship of 2\,811 gross tons\, lost in thick fog after a collision near the Goodwin Sands in January 1962. She now lies in deeper Channel water\, with a story that links German shipbuilding\, wartime salvage\, Yugoslav trade and a bitterly cold night off Dover. \nSS Sabac wreck dive: history of the ship\nSabac began life in 1922 as Marie Leonhardt. Stettiner Oderwerke built her for the German shipping company Leonhardt & Blumberg. During the Second World War\, she suffered damage during an Allied air raid on Hamburg on 18 June 1944. After the war\, salvors raised and repaired her. She then entered Norwegian service as Skottnes\, before Yugoslav owners acquired her in 1947. \nUnder Yugoslav ownership\, the ship first traded as Susak. Later\, she received the name Sabac and joined the fleet of Kvarnerska Plovidba\, based in Rijeka. By 1962\, she was working as a practical cargo steamer rather than a glamorous ocean wanderer\, because even ships have to earn their keep somehow. \nOn her final voyage\, Sabac sailed from Ploce to Rotterdam with a cargo of bauxite. Lloyd’s Register records her loss under collision casualties for the first quarter of 1962\, noting the voyage\, cargo and location of the sinking. You can see the contemporary Lloyd’s record in the Lloyd’s Register Casualty Returns for 1962. \nThe collision and loss of Sabac\nLate on 7 January 1962\, Sabac entered the Dover Strait in dense fog. At around midnight\, she collided with the British motor vessel Dorington Court\, a much larger ship of about 6\,223 gross tons. The impact caused catastrophic damage. Contemporary accounts describe Sabac as badly holed\, and later local histories state that she was almost cut in two. \nThe ship sank in less than five minutes. That left the crew with almost no time to launch boats\, gather survival gear or escape the cold Channel water. Several nearby vessels joined the rescue\, including Dorington Court herself and the British Railways train ferry Hampton Ferry. However\, the fog made the search slow and difficult. \nDover and Walmer lifeboats launched after Coastguard alerts in the early hours of 8 January. The RNLI report for June 1962 records fog\, a light westerly wind\, smooth sea and high water. It also records parachute flares\, lifeboat searches\, reports from other vessels\, and support from aircraft. \nSabac carried 33 crew. Only five survived. Twenty-eight men died\, making the sinking one of the worst post-war merchant shipping tragedies in this part of the Channel. Croatian records name four of the dead from the Sibenik area: Sime Radovcic\, Sime Misurac\, Milivoj Vlahov and Rade Grbelja. Ten crew members were never recovered. \nWhat caused the loss?\nThe cause of loss was collision in thick fog. Sabac was on a commercial passage from Ploce to Rotterdam with bauxite cargo when Dorington Court struck her about six miles south-east of Dover. The force of the collision and the speed of flooding left Sabac fatally damaged. She sank before rescue vessels could reach most of her crew. \nFor divers\, the SS Sabac wreck dive is more than another deep metal wreck in the Dover Strait. It is a dive into a compact tragedy. The ship had already survived war damage\, salvage\, repair and several changes of name. Yet her final loss came from the old Channel enemies of fog\, traffic and poor visibility. \nDivers should expect a serious offshore wreck dive\, shaped by depth\, tide and Channel conditions. The wreck has been reported with recognisable structure\, including parts of the wheelhouse area\, domestic fittings and cargo-related remains. As ever\, look\, record and respect the site. This is a wreck with a human story\, not an underwater jumble sale with fins.
URL:https://mutinydiving.com/trip/ss-sabac-1962/
LOCATION:Dover Marina\, Esplanade\, Dover\, Kent\, CT17 9FS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event Tickets,Offshore Wrecks
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260623T080000
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SUMMARY:MV Andaman (1953)
DESCRIPTION:The MV Andaman was a Swedish motor cargo vessel built in 1947 by A/B Götaverken of Gothenburg for A/B Svenska Ostasiatiska Kompaniet\, the Swedish East Asiatic Company. She was a modern post-war cargo ship of about 4\,765 tons\, measuring roughly 134 metres long\, with a beam of about 17.8 metres\, powered by oil engines. On her final voyage she was bound from Gothenburg to Calcutta\, a long-haul trade route cut short in the thick fog of the Dover Strait\, because the Channel has always treated visibility as an optional extra. \nOn 24 May 1953\, Andaman collided with the Panamanian steamer Fortune about 3 miles south of the South Goodwin Lightvessel. She began sinking\, and her 38 crew abandoned ship into two boats. The Dover lifeboat launched\, but the crew had already been picked up by the SS Arthur Wright\, before being transferred to the lifeboat and landed at Dover. No lives were lost. For divers\, Andaman is a fine post-war Channel wreck: a substantial Swedish cargo ship\, lost in fog near the Goodwins\, with a clean rescue story and enough size\, structure and atmosphere to make her far more than a name on a chart.
URL:https://mutinydiving.com/trip/mv-andaman-1953-2/
LOCATION:Dover Marina\, Esplanade\, Dover\, Kent\, CT17 9FS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event Tickets,Offshore Wrecks
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260624T083000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260624T083000
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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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SUMMARY:Großes Torpedoboot SMS G-85 (1917)
DESCRIPTION:SMS G-85 wreck dive\nThe SMS G-85 wreck dive visits the remains of a German large torpedo boat lost during the Battle of Dover Strait in 1917. SMS G-85\, also written G85\, was not a cargo ship or civilian casualty. She was a fast Imperial German Navy warship sent into the Channel to attack the Dover Barrage. \nThis SMS G-85 wreck dive brings you close to one of the most dramatic night actions fought off the Kent coast. On 21 April 1917\, HMS Swift and HMS Broke intercepted German torpedo boats in a confused and violent clash. Therefore\, this is a wreck with a proper combat story\, not a polite little sinking caused by bad weather and poor life choices. \nSMS G-85 wreck dive: the ship before the battle\nSMS G-85 was a Großes Torpedoboot\, or large torpedo boat\, built for the Imperial German Navy. Germaniawerft built her at Kiel\, and she launched on 24 July 1915. She entered service later that year\, on 14 December 1915. \nAlthough called a torpedo boat\, G-85 was closer in role and size to an early destroyer. She measured about 83 m long\, carried three 10.5 cm guns and mounted six 50 cm torpedo tubes. In addition\, she could carry mines\, which made her useful for offensive raids in the North Sea and English Channel. \nBy spring 1917\, G-85 had joined German torpedo boat forces operating from Flanders. These fast ships targeted the Dover Patrol\, the Dover Barrage and Allied traffic moving through the Channel. As a result\, they posed a direct threat to the guarded sea route between Britain and the Western Front. \nThe Battle of Dover Strait\nOn the night of 20/21 April 1917\, fifteen German torpedo boats left Flanders in three groups. G-85 formed part of Gruppe Gautier\, alongside G42\, S53\, V71\, V73 and V81. Their orders were to attack the Dover Barrage and bombard Dover. \nThe German force first encountered the trawler Sabreur and opened fire. However\, Sabreur escaped with damage. Gruppe Gautier then shelled Dover\, where British coastal artillery replied before the German vessels turned back towards the Channel. \nDuring the withdrawal\, the British flotilla leaders HMS Swift and HMS Broke intercepted the German boats. In the darkness and confusion\, HMS Swift torpedoed G-85\, bringing her to a halt and setting her on fire. Meanwhile\, HMS Broke rammed G42\, and the two ships became locked together in a brutal close-quarters fight. \nAfter Broke broke clear from G42\, she moved towards the disabled G-85 and opened fire. Both German torpedo boats sank during the action. Thirty-five of G-85’s crew were killed\, although I have not found a reliable named casualty list in the accessible records. \nYou can read the main wreck record through Historic England’s Dover Strait wreck record. For a fuller account of the naval action\, see Naval-History.Net’s Dover destroyer action account. \nThe wreck today\nThe wreck site identification carries some historical caution. G42 and G-85 sank in the same battle\, and records have sometimes treated the two sites with uncertainty. Historic England notes a wreck believed to be G42 east of South Foreland\, while the site believed to be G-85 lies farther east. \nThat uncertainty adds interest rather than weakness. The wreck still represents one of the two German torpedo boats destroyed during the Battle of Dover Strait. For divers\, it offers a compact but powerful First World War story: speed\, darkness\, torpedoes\, ramming and the Dover Patrol doing its job with very little subtlety. \nAre you a Mutiny Diver? Book more dives.
URL:https://mutinydiving.com/trip/groses-torpedoboot-sms-g-85-1917/
LOCATION:Dover Marina\, Esplanade\, Dover\, Kent\, CT17 9FS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event Tickets,Offshore Wrecks
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260626T110000
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SUMMARY:SS Carmen (1963)
DESCRIPTION:The SS Carmen was a Panamanian steam cargo vessel\, originally built of steel at Sunderland by William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Historic England records conflicting build dates of 1920 and 1930\, but her recovered bell is engraved “IRON CHIEF 1930 SYDNEY”\, showing her earlier identity before later names including Stagpool\, Granny Suzanne\, and finally Carmen. She was a substantial freighter of about 112.9 metres long\, 16.1 metres in beam\, and around 4\,240 gross tons\, powered by a triple-expansion steam engine. On her final voyage she was carrying bauxite from Takoradi\, Ghana\, to Burntisland. Not glamorous cargo\, admittedly\, but bauxite has better wreck appeal than another dreary hold full of ballast and disappointment. \nOn 13 June 1963\, Carmen was caught in thick fog in the Dover Strait and collided with the Turkish steamship Sadikzade\, about 4.5 miles east of the South West Goodwin light buoy and 9.6 miles east of St Margaret’s Bay. She sank with the loss of two crewmen\, while the collision set off an absurdly grim chain reaction: Sadikzade then collided with the Greek motor vessel Leandros\, which in turn collided with the British tanker Clyde Sergeant. Today\, Carmen lies upright and largely intact in around 44 to 45 metres\, with her funnel around 30 metres and superstructure rising into the low 30s. For divers\, she is a superb deeper Channel wreck: intact\, dramatic\, well identified\, and carrying the unmistakable scar of a fog-bound collision in one of the busiest seaways on Earth.
URL:https://mutinydiving.com/trip/ss-carmen-1963-2/
LOCATION:Dover Marina\, Esplanade\, Dover\, Kent\, CT17 9FS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event Tickets,Offshore Wrecks
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ORGANIZER;CN="Chris Webb":MAILTO:skipper@mutinydiving.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260627T063000
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SUMMARY:SS Pommerania (1878)
DESCRIPTION:The SS Pommerania was a German Hamburg-America Line ocean liner\, built in 1873 by Caird & Co. of Greenock. She was a substantial passenger and cargo steamer of 3\,382 gross tons\, measuring roughly 110 metres long with a 12.2 metre beam. With a single screw\, compound engines and a service speed of about 13 knots\, she worked the North Atlantic route between Hamburg\, Southampton and New York\, carrying emigrants\, cabin passengers\, mails and general cargo. In short\, she was part liner\, part lifeline\, and part floating luggage cupboard for the 19th-century Atlantic world. \nHer final voyage ended in the Channel on the night of 25-26 November 1878\, while returning from New York to Hamburg via Plymouth. Off Folkestone\, she was struck amidships on the starboard side by the iron-hulled Welsh barque Moel Eilian\, which was bound from Rotterdam to Cardiff. Four of Pommerania’s nine lifeboats were smashed in the collision\, and she sank in less than half an hour. Sources vary slightly on the death toll\, giving 48\, 50 or 55 lives lost\, but the scale of the disaster is beyond doubt. Today she lies in about 25 metres\, a classic Channel liner wreck with machinery\, scattered structure and real human history behind every plate and rib. For divers\, this is Victorian steamship history at touching distance\, and considerably more exciting than another tidy spreadsheet pretending to be a wreck.
URL:https://mutinydiving.com/trip/ss-pommerania-1878/
LOCATION:Dover Marina\, Esplanade\, Dover\, Kent\, CT17 9FS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event Tickets,Local Wrecks
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260627T120000
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SUMMARY:SS Cuvier (1900)
DESCRIPTION:SS Cuvier wreck dive\nThe SS Cuvier wreck dive explores one of the Dover Strait’s most dramatic civilian wreck losses. Cuvier was an iron screw steamer carrying general cargo from Antwerp to Bahia\, Brazil. However\, on 9 March 1900\, she collided with the Norwegian steamer Dovre and sank within minutes. \nThis SS Cuvier wreck dive has a strong human story behind the metal. Three men survived by clinging to a capsized boat\, while at least 26 men died. Several contemporary reports give 27 or 28 lost\, so the exact number still needs careful wording. \nSS Cuvier wreck dive: the ship before the loss\nA. Leslie & Co. built Cuvier at Hebburn on the Tyne in 1883. Historic England records her as an iron screw steamer of 2\,299 gross tons\, with a two-cylinder compound engine and two boilers. Therefore\, she belonged to the late Victorian generation of ocean-going cargo steamers that helped link British and European ports with South America. \nRecords connect Cuvier with Henderson of Glasgow and the Lamport & Holt Line. Her final voyage carried her from Antwerp towards Bahia in Brazil. In addition\, survivor accounts say she carried around 3\,000 tons of general cargo loaded at Liverpool and Antwerp. \nThat cargo included practical goods rather than treasure-chest nonsense\, because history enjoys disappointing divers with invoices. Historic England lists bagged cement\, lead ingots and crockery. Later recovered crockery\, including bowls\, mugs and chamber pots\, helped confirm the wreck’s identity and cargo story. \nThe collision with SS Dovre\nIn the early hours of 9 March 1900\, Cuvier approached the entrance to the Dover Strait. The night was dark\, although survivor reports described it as clear. Then the Norwegian steamer Dovre\, bound from Burntisland to Dieppe with coal\, struck Cuvier on the starboard side or starboard quarter. \nThe impact tore open Cuvier’s hull and flooded the engine room almost immediately. As a result\, the steamer settled fast and sank within about five minutes. Most of the crew were below deck at the time\, which gave them little chance to escape. \nThe British steamer Windsor later rescued three survivors from a capsized boat. Two men clung to the outside\, while a third man\, Crick\, was trapped underneath until rescuers cut or opened the boat and revived him. Meanwhile\, Dovre reached Dieppe with heavy bow damage. \nThe loss carried controversy. Survivors said the other vessel did not stand by\, although Dovre’s master later stated that he saw nothing of Cuvier after the collision. Later\, a Dieppe court reportedly found Cuvier at fault and awarded damages to Dovre’s owners. \nYou can read the official wreck summary in Historic England’s Cuvier record. A detailed survivor-based account appears in Scuba.To’s SS Cuvier article. \nThe wreck today\nFor divers\, Cuvier offers a big Channel cargo wreck with a clear story and plenty of atmosphere. The wreck lies east of the Goodwin area\, with records placing the loss around the East Goodwin Lightvessel / Dover Strait approaches. Therefore\, the dive sits in one of the busiest and most historically dangerous traffic zones off Kent. \nThe wreck has produced crockery\, glass\, porthole material and other finds over the years. However\, the story matters more than the souvenirs. Cuvier was not a warship or a mystery target. She was a working cargo steamer struck hard in the dark\, and most of her crew never got out. \nThis wreck gives divers a powerful mix of history\, cargo detail and human loss. Finally\, it reminds us that the Dover Strait has always punished small mistakes quickly. In Cuvier’s case\, the sea took only five minutes to close the file. \nAre you a Mutiny Diver? Book more dives.
URL:https://mutinydiving.com/trip/ss-cuvier-1900-4/
LOCATION:Dover Marina\, Esplanade\, Dover\, Kent\, CT17 9FS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event Tickets,Offshore Wrecks
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ORGANIZER;CN="Chris Webb":MAILTO:skipper@mutinydiving.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260628T070000
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SUMMARY:HMS Brazen – H80 (1940)
DESCRIPTION:HMS Brazen (H80) was a Royal Navy B-class destroyer\, built by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd at Jarrow-on-Tyne\, laid down in 1929\, launched in 1930 and commissioned in 1931. She measured 98.5 metres in length\, with a 9.8 metre beam and a draught of about 3.7 metres\, a fast and purposeful warship built for the hard business of fleet screening\, escort duty and attack. Before her loss she had already seen serious service\, including operations off Norway and the sinking of the German submarine U-49 in April 1940\, which gives this wreck an added weight for divers who like their steel with a proper story attached. \nHer end came on 20 July 1940\, when she was attacked by German aircraft off Dover while engaged on Channel convoy duties. Badly damaged in the air raid\, HMS Brazen later sank in the English Channel\, where her wreck now lies in about 30 metres of water at roughly 51°01’N\, 1°17’E. Contemporary naval records note that one member of her ship’s company was killed. For divers\, Brazen is a classic south-east coast war wreck: a sleek destroyer\, a Battle of Britain era loss\, and a site where the story of Britain’s desperate Channel defence still clings to the metal.
URL:https://mutinydiving.com/trip/hms-brazen-h80-1940-2/
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:HMS Flirt (1916)
DESCRIPTION:HMS Flirt wreck dive\nThe HMS Flirt wreck dive explores a Royal Navy destroyer lost during the Battle of Dover Strait in 1916. Flirt served with the Dover Patrol and helped guard the Dover Barrage. However\, on the night of 26/27 October 1916\, German torpedo boats raided the barrage and destroyed her at close range. \nThis HMS Flirt wreck dive carries one of the most dramatic stories off the Kent coast. Flirt moved towards gunfire to help the attacked drifters\, then launched a boat to rescue survivors. As a result\, the men in that boat became the main survivors when German torpedo boats overwhelmed the destroyer. \nHMS Flirt wreck dive: the ship before the battle\nCaptain E. R. G. R. Evans later captured Flirt’s character in Keeping the Seas. He described her as a dirty\, coal-fired\, pre-war destroyer that collected cinders across the bridge\, lifeboats and crowded deck\, yet still called her “a happy ship”. That small detail gives the wreck a human edge: Flirt was uncomfortable\, overworked and outdated\, but her crew carried on without complaint. \nPalmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company built HMS Flirt at Jarrow-on-Tyne. She launched on 15 May 1897 and reached Portsmouth in November 1898. Therefore\, by the time of her loss\, she already belonged to an older generation of Royal Navy destroyers. \nFlirt was one of the early 30-knot destroyers. She was small\, fast\, coal-fired and heavily worked. In addition\, she carried a 12-pounder gun\, five 6-pounder guns and torpedo tubes\, which made her useful for patrol and escort work. \nDuring the First World War\, Flirt served from Dover with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla. Her job included patrol work\, anti-submarine duties and support for the Dover Barrage. Consequently\, she operated in one of the most dangerous and heavily contested sea lanes of the war. \nThe Battle of Dover Strait\nOn the night of 26/27 October 1916\, German torpedo boats from the Flanders Flotilla attacked the Dover Barrage. Their aim was to disrupt the British defences and damage the patrol vessels that guarded the Strait. The raid developed into the Battle of Dover Strait. \nThe German force first hit the drifter line. Flirt heard the firing and moved towards the danger. She found Waveney II burning or sinking and lowered a boat to rescue survivors. \nThen unidentified vessels approached. Flirt challenged them\, but the ships were German torpedo boats\, not friendly destroyers. They opened fire at close range\, and Flirt had little time to react. \nThe attack destroyed her rapidly. Accounts describe shellfire\, torpedo attack and damage to her boilers. Within minutes\, the destroyer sank in the Dover Strait. \nSixty of Flirt’s crew died\, while nine survived. Those survivors were mainly the men who had left the destroyer in the rescue boat. It is a brutal detail: the act of helping another stricken vessel saved the few men who lived. \nYou can read a detailed vessel history in History of War’s HMS Flirt profile. Meanwhile\, casualty and wreck-diving context appears in Scuba.To’s HMS Flirt article. \nThe wreck today\nFor divers\, HMS Flirt offers a powerful Dover Patrol wreck with a clear First World War story. She was not a merchant ship caught in the wrong place. She was a fighting destroyer on patrol\, destroyed during a German raid on the Dover Barrage. \nThe wreck also carries serious human weight. Sixty men died in the sinking\, and many appear on naval memorial records. Therefore\, this dive deserves quiet respect: look\, learn and leave the wreck alone. \nI would not describe HMS Flirt as a named Protected Place under the current Protection of Military Remains Act designation order without further official evidence. Even so\, the site is still a Royal Navy war loss with heavy loss of life. In practical terms\, treat it as a war grave\, not a rummage box with rivets. \nThis wreck gives divers a direct link to the Dover Patrol\, the Dover Barrage and the German night raids of 1916. Finally\, HMS Flirt reminds us that the Strait was not simply a shipping lane. It was a narrow battlefield\, and sometimes the rescue attempt became the trap. \nAre you a Mutiny Diver? Book more dives.
URL:https://mutinydiving.com/trip/hms-flirt-1916-2/
LOCATION:Dover Marina\, Esplanade\, Dover\, Kent\, CT17 9FS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event Tickets,Offshore Wrecks
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260629T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260629T113000
DTSTAMP:20260606T010226
CREATED:20260430T122658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T181916Z
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SUMMARY:SS Filleigh (1945)
DESCRIPTION:The SS Filleigh was a British steam cargo ship built in 1928\, registered at 4\,856 gross tons\, and measuring about 121.9 metres long\, with a 16.8 metre beam and 7.9 metre depth. She was owned by St Just Steamship Co. Ltd\, managed by W. R. Smith & Sons of London\, and by 1945 she was still doing the hard\, risky work of wartime supply. On her final voyage she was sailing from London to Antwerp with around 6\,000 tons of military stores\, which rather raises the stakes from “ordinary coaster” to “floating target with paperwork”. \nAt 05:55 on 18 April 1945\, only weeks before the end of the war in Europe\, Filleigh was torpedoed by U-245\, commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Friedrich Schumann-Hindenberg\, while in convoy off the North Foreland / Dover Strait area. The same attack also sank the Norwegian ship Karmt. Filleigh went down with the loss of five crewmen\, while her master\, 37 crew\, 10 DEMS gunners and a Belgian pilot were rescued and landed at Dover. For divers\, this is a powerful late-war wreck: a large cargo steamer\, military cargo\, a U-boat attack in the final days of the Battle of the Atlantic\, and a site lying in about 50 metres. Not a casual potter\, then. More a proper Channel wreck with teeth.
URL:https://mutinydiving.com/trip/ss-filleigh-1945/
LOCATION:Dover Marina\, Esplanade\, Dover\, Kent\, CT17 9FS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event Tickets,Offshore Wrecks
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ORGANIZER;CN="Chris Webb":MAILTO:skipper@mutinydiving.com
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