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West Bay Dive Charters

Diving Charter Boat (English)

Service:
  • Accommodation for Divers
  • Vacation Holiday Scuba Diving
  • Wreck Diving
Company description Please take a look at page with images of our boat HUNTRESS II.
Wrecks:
*Alisa Craig: This British steamship was en route from Cardiff to Weymouth with a cargo of coal on April 17,1918, when she was torpedoed amidship. She was sunk just under four miles due west of the Pomeranian and on the same day. Were the vessels in convoy? The bows of the Ailsa Craig are upright and stand eight metres high. The stern is badly damaged and twisted over on to its starboard side. She lies N.E. to S.W. at 35 metres. Some salvage work has been carried out.
*Baygitano: This wreck is situated 1 1/2 miles offshore almost due south of The Cobb at Lyme Regis. A large British steam-driven collier of 3,073 tons, she lies at a depth of 18 metres. The Baygitano was a victim of the first world war, being torpedoed on March 18th by a German submarine. Five of her crew got away in the ship`s lifeboats before she sank, but two or three were killed in the explosion when the torpedo slammed home. Although now somewhat broken, she is still recognisable as a ship, and parts of her stand 5 metres off the bottom giving good cover for a multitude of fish. The wreck is surrounded by flat rock tables and sandy patches on which can usually be found skate, plaice and scallops.
*HMS Boadicea: A Destroyer gross registered tonnage 1360, lenght 95.10m width 9.91m Sunk by aerial torpedo which hit the forward magazine blowing off the bow. Remainder of wreck sits upright in 52m and stands 6m off the sea bed.
*Buccaneer: A tug of 840 tons, lenght 50.29 metres breadth 9.75 metres sunk acidentally whilst towing a target on 26th August 1946. Lies in 43m standing 8m proub of the sea bed.
*Gibel Haman: A small British steamship of 647 tons lenght 54.99 metres bredth 8.87 metres, cargo coal torpedoed by the German submarine UB 103. Depth to the sea bed 31 metres sits upright max height 8 metres at stern.
*HMS Clyde: This is the wreck of a large trawler used by the navy as a minesweeper, she was sunk in a collision 14th October 1917. She is upright and absolutely complete except for her wheelhouse. Lying NW to SE at 40 metres, she stands 6 metres high.
*HMS Landrail: A warship built in 1886 at Devonport dockyard 950 tons 59.44 metres long 8.53 metres wide. Used as target and sank while being towed back to Portland. Lies upright at a depth of 31 metres max height 6 metres.
*HMS Empress of India: Length 115.83 metres Bredth 22.86 metres. Sunk whilst being used for target practice. Lies upside down on a sandy bed at a depth of 44 metres, depth to the keel is 32 metres. Distance from West Bay 15 miles.
*Pomeranian: This 381ft, 4240 ton liner was requisitioned by the British government during the first world war. She was en route from London to Newfoundland when she was torpedoed on April 15, 1918, with the loss of 55 lives. Included in her cargo of various government stores was a consignment of divers` helmets and smelting crucibles manufactured by Royal Doulton. She lies at a depth of 35 metres and is upright and complete.
*Salsette: Although this British steamship was reported sunk on July 20, 1917, 15 miles S.W. of Portland Bill, she in fact lies just under 10 miles west of The Bill. This exciting 400ft ship of the Penninuslar and Oriental Steam Ship Company is without doubt the finest wreck in the bay. She has been Positively identified by a diver recovering her bell (not that identification was any problem for she has many outstanding features, not the least of which are her 600 portholes). There is a gun mounted on her stern. She stands 15 metres off a 48-metre sea-bed, and lies north-to-south. This deep wreck is an advanced dive.
Location description: M2 Submarine. This 296ft vessel sits complete and upright on a sandy seabed; were it not for the brightlycoloured sponges that cover her upper superstructure you would almost think you were diving on an operational submarine! The M2 was built by Vickers in 1918, and sank on January 26, 1932, with the loss of her full crew of 60 officers and men. She originally had a 12-inch gun on her forward deck, but this was removed in 1927 when she was adapted to carry a small sea-plane. It is thought that the hangar doors were open when she submerged and this caused her to founder. Still plainly visible is the jib of the winch over the hangar door which was used to lift the aircraft back on to the launching ramp after launching on the sea. An abortive attempt to salvage the M2 was made soon after the disaster, but the weight of the vessel combined with bad weather beat the lifting vessels just as the M2 was about to break to the surface. Depth 30 metres Height of submarine 9 metres.
Moidart . This vessel is an armed merchant steamship - or at least she was before her gun was lifted by divers from a special projects group led by Peter Cornish. The gun is being refurbished and preserved by the National Maritime Museum. The Moidart was torpedoed amidships. The stern is broken off and lying on its starboard side. The bow section is upright. A strange feature is thatone of her great anchors, instead of hanging on its chain downwards below her hawser ports, has somehow become lifted up and is hooked by one flooke over the gunnel directly above the stem. When you see this freak feature you can be sure you are diving the Moidart. She is some 30Oft long, and lies N.W./S.E. at a depth of 35 metres. She stands eight metres off the seabed.
Scaldis (wreck). Lost in 1974 in storms between January 25 and 29, this trawler sank with the loss of all her crew.She is upright on the sea bed at a depth of 31 metres.
Submarine Sidon (wreck). This British `S` class submarine sank twice. The first time was in Portland Harbour on June 16, 1955, after an explosion aboard. She was later raised, but was sunk again intentionally in 1957 in her present position for use as an ASDIC target. She lies N.W./S.E. at a depth of 34 metres and rises 8 metres off the seabed . She is intact, and makes an excellent dive.
St Dunstan: A Bucket Dredger built 1894 owned by the Admiralty. Whilst on route to Pembrooke from Portsmouth on September 23, 1917 she struck a mine one and one half miles south west of Pollock Rock. This 150ft iron vessel lies upside down up to 5 metres proud of the seabed at a depth of 29 metres.

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Photos of boat, contact information and descriptions of wrecks, accommodation.

Contact information:
Phone: 01308 423706
Mobile: 07720 328251
Street Address:
Asante`, Westcliff, Westbay, Bridport
Dorset
United Kingdom
DT6 4HR
Spoken language(s): English
Open: from 09-00 till 17-00
Local time:  Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) London, Edinbourg, Lisboa
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