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Bermuda Underwater Photo Sites
A broad shallow bay accessible by beach and public park
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Friendly, knowledgeable provided snorkelling gear i great condition
| | Facts about Mangrove Bay, Bermuda |
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While this could be best descrivbed as a snorkelling venue there are plenty of spectacular dividng sites complete with corals, fish, wrecks and other good stuff.
| Facts about Mangrove Bay It is in Bermuda- Mangrove Bay is in the Caribbean Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 0-3 Metres 0-10 Feet.
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A 350 foot British mail and passenger steamer hit the reef in 1923. Wreckage includes the ship's anchor attached to the colossal anchor winch, massive boilers, a steam engine and steel masts.
| Facts about Caraquet- It is in Bermuda
- Caraquet is in the Atlantic.
- The typical depth is 0-10 Metres 0-30 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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171 foot, 338 ton dredger built in 1910 in Glasgow, and arrived in Bermuda in 1911. Worked as a dredger in Bermuda until replaced by newer technology in 1930 and then scuttled 5 miles inside North Rock.
| Facts about King George (The Dredger)- It is in Bermuda
- King George (The Dredger) is in the Atlantic.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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The U.S. Coast Guard seized this 221 foot Cantonese freighter in 1996 while attempting to smuggle 83 chinese nationals into the U.S. It was sunk in 1997 as an artificial reef. The wreck is home to larger species of marine life.
| Facts about Xing Da- It is in Bermuda
- Xing Da is in the Atlantic.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Named after the ship that brought the first colonists to Bermuda, this passenger ship was placed on a 60 foot sandy bottom near the inshore reef in Eastern Blue Cut in 2007. She is 75 feet long with a 24 foot beam and four levels tall.
| Facts about Sea Venture- It is in Bermuda
- Sea Venture is in the Atlantic.
- The typical depth is 0-10 Metres 0-30 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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A 236 foot side paddlewheel steamer, this Civil War blockade runner sank in 1863. It is encrusted with soft and hard corals with its boilers and baddlewheel intact.
| Facts about Montana- It is in Bermuda
- Montana is in the Atlantic.
- The typical depth is 0-10 Metres 0-30 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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A 245 foot steel freighter travelling from Savannah, Georgia to Russia with a cargo of cotton sank in a storm in 1879. It rests with boilers, bow and stern and propeller still visable.
| Facts about Lartington- It is in Bermuda
- Lartington is in the Atlantic.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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This four masted wooden hulled 192 foot American schooner served as a cargo vessel in World War II. It fell victim to the reef in 1943 and sank with cement sacks, 700 cases of Scotch whisky and thousands of glass ampules.
| Facts about Constellation- It is in Bermuda
- Constellation is in the Atlantic.
- The typical depth is 0-10 Metres 0-30 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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At 499 feet, this Spanish trans-Atlantic luxury liner, Bermuda's largest shipwreck, went down in 1936. Hundreds of relics remain including boilers, steam turbines and propellers.
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This 228 foot Danish steamer was en-route from Norfolk, Virginia with her cargo of coal and ran into the reef and sank in 1920. It's bow, triple expansion engine and boilers remain.
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This 250 foot Norwegian freighter followed the Cristobal Colon onto the reef in 1937. Its stearn sits 20 feet below the surface.
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A 1924 hurricane brought this 360 foot Italian cargo ship to rest. It is semipenetrable.
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When it sank in 1940, this 385 foot steel hulled freighter was travelling from West Africa to Baltimore carrying iron ore. Its giant boiler and engine stand upright and come within 10 feet of the surface.
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A 200 foot Brigantine rigged, English built iron steamer, she was en-route to Le-Havre, France when she struck a reef in 1878. Her boilers, engine, propeller shaft and deck winches are still visible.
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This 323 foot British supply ship was carrying ammunition from Wales to Bermuda to support the garrison when it ran into the reef in 1915. Includes two boilers, an enormous engine and large propeller.
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This 300 foot steel hulled English freighter was on its maiden voyage from Portugal to New York with a cargo of wine, dried fruit and cork when it sank in 1873. Its remains include the ship's propeller, steam boilers and wheelhouse.
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Built in England, this 225 foot side paddlewheel steamer served as a Confederate blockade runner during America's Civil War. It hit the reef and sank in 1864 and now rests with one of its coral encrusted paddlewheels standing upright.
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This French 60 gun three masted wooden hulled warship was returning home after battle in Mexico and crashed into the reef in 1838. Dozens of giant 9 foot cannons remain scattered on the ocean floor.
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