Sunken ships.

[Astacus]

Oh yes!!!

The Scillies

Plympton & Hathor
The Plympton, a 3,000-ton steamship collided with Lethergus reef in thick fog in April 1909. The crew were all landed safely, but two men lost their lives when the wreck was lifted off the reef and sank whilst she was being salvaged. She now lies on a rocky bottom at about 38 metres. Eleven years later, in December 1920 the 7000-ton German steamer, Hathor, was being towed from the Azores to Plymouth. She broke loose from her tugs and hit Lethergus reef sinking across the remains of the Plympton at a depth of around 30m.

Ive dived it, fantastic dive, or was about 20 years ago....ho hum

[MK4 Slowride]

Do you know of any dive footage?

20 years ago eh, you old bastid

[Simpo Two]

Thinking about it, the Eddystone reef has claimed hundreds of ships over the years - being in a small area some of those wrecks could have overlapped - but I suspect being mostly wooden they've largely rotted away by now.

[Astacus]

MK4 Slowride said:

Do you know of any dive footage?

20 years ago eh, you old bastid

Oi, less of the "old"!

Actually my Scillies trip was probably the best diving I've ever done. Went over on a friends Yacht and spent two weeks just diving all over the islands. Kids kind of curtail all that stuff. Hardly been in the water with an aqualung for 14 years (sniff).

Some one must have some footage somewhere, but nothing on Google that I could find.

Actually some images on google but the URL is about 3 lines long. Put plympton scillies into google and you will find them

Edited by Astacus on Monday 16th February 21:35

[Waynester]

10 Pence Short said:

Simpo Two said:

therealpigdog said:

pearl harbour?

Nope, the ones that sank were in shallow water (harbour) - no chance to overlap.

I think we should build a dam at each end of the English Channel and pump all the water out. It would be astonishing to see how much history there is down there.

I'm pretty sure I saw a documentary in between the football at the weekend that showed they'd cleaned the entire Channel out. Must have used some big magnate, as the stuff was kjust flying out into the air. I had been drinking for some time, so I might be wrong.

Vodka advert i believe..