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SUMMARY:Transit to Ramsgate
DESCRIPTION:Move dive boat(s) to Ramsgate from Dover
URL:https://mutinydiving.com/trip/transit-to-ramsgate/
LOCATION:Dover Marina\, Esplanade\, Dover\, Kent\, CT17 9FS\, United Kingdom
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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. \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPCIATb-f78 \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/
LOCATION:Dover Marina\, Esplanade\, Dover\, Kent\, CT17 9FS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event Tickets,Offshore Wrecks
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SUMMARY:SV Mindora (1864)
DESCRIPTION:The Mindora was a British three-masted barque\, reportedly constructed in August 1864 and measuring about 41.5 metres long. She was a newly built sailing vessel\, bound outward from London to Victoria\, British Columbia\, carrying passengers and what contemporary reports describe as a valuable general cargo. That phrase does a lot of heavy lifting\, as Victorian shipping reports often preferred suspense over inventory\, presumably to torment future wreck researchers for sport. Local dive accounts place the wreck in the 30 to 32 metre range off Dover. \nHer career was brutally short. On 28 November 1864\, Mindora collided in the English Channel with the Khersonese\, another outward-bound sailing ship\, reportedly on passage from London to Calcutta. Contemporary shipwreck listings place the collision about 8 nautical miles south-west by west of South Foreland\, with Mindora sinking and the other vessel abandoned in a sinking condition. For divers\, this is a proper Victorian mystery wreck: a young barque lost almost as soon as her story began\, a collision in one of the world’s busiest sea lanes\, and a seabed site that still gives up small clues from a long-vanished age of sail. \nStefan Panis finds a 162 Year Old Bottle of Guinness\nMindoro is one of those wrecks that reminds you why we go wreck diving in the first place. \nThe wooden sailing ship sank in 1864 and today lies partially buried in the shifting sands off Dover. Currents constantly change the site\, covering parts of the wreck and revealing others. That means no two seasons necessarily show you quite the same Mindoro. She has long been known to local divers as the “Bottle Wreck”\, and recently that nickname became considerably more interesting. \nCopyright Stefan Panis\nDuring a dive on Mindoro\, renowned Belgian wreck diver and underwater photographer Stefan Panis discovered a wooden case containing lead-sealed bottles. After clearing the top of the case\, the wording appeared: \nGuinness Extra Stout\, London. \nOne of those bottles has since been recovered for research and may represent one of the oldest surviving bottles of Guinness\, having spent more than 160 years beneath the English Channel. It’s more than a great story to tell over a pint. \nFinds such as this help reveal what these ships were carrying\, where goods were being traded and how everyday products travelled around Victorian Britain and Europe. An apparently ordinary bottle on the seabed suddenly becomes a small piece of social and maritime history. And there may be more down there. \nThe sands around Mindoro continue to move\, exposing bottles\, timbers and previously hidden sections of the wreck. You’re not diving a static museum exhibit. You’re diving an archaeological site that is still changing and still giving up its secrets. \nPerhaps leave the Guinness where it is\, though. After 162 years on the seabed\, it probably won’t qualify as a refreshing post-dive pint. \nSource\n\nBBC: Divers find 162-year-old Guinness in shipwreck off the English coast.\nX-ray Magazine: Shipwreck Research in Dover Strait.
URL:https://mutinydiving.com/trip/sv-mindora-1864/
LOCATION:Dover Marina\, Esplanade\, Dover\, Kent\, CT17 9FS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event Tickets,Local Wrecks
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