Tauchplatz
Bianca C
Caribbean, off St George's, Grenada
- Typische Tiefe
- 50 m
- Typ
- Wrack
- Niveau
- Technical
Notizen
180 m Italian cruise liner that caught fire and sank under tow on 24 Oct 1961. Bow at ~30 m, stern at ~50 m; 'Titanic of the Caribbean', dived in strong currents.
Meereslebewesen
- Rays
- spotted eagle ray
- Other
- intact swimming pool on the stern deck
- Sharks
- nurse shark, occasional reef shark
- Pelagics
- jacks, occasional eagle ray
- Reef fish
- snapper, grunt, barracuda
Wrack
- Schiff
- Bianca C
- Klasse
- passenger ocean liner
- Herkunft
- built France 1944, operated by Costa Line (Italy) from 1959
- Gesunken
- 1961 — engine-room explosion and uncontrollable fire while at anchor off Grenada on 22 Oct 1961; sank under tow from HMS Londonderry on 24 Oct 1961
- Länge
- 180 m
- Penetration
- Möglich — mit Ausbildung
Eigenschaften
- Wreck
- Deep Wreck
- Penetration
- Overhead Environment
- Historic
- Strong Current
- Exposed Site
- Liner
Beste Zeit
- Ideal
- year-round
Caribbean — divable year-round from St George's, with the warmest, calmest water from December through May. The wreck sits in open water on the south side of Grand Anse and is regularly swept by current.
Bedingungen & Zugang
- Sicht
- 15–30 m
- Wassertemperatur
- 26–29 °C
- Strömung
- Strong
- Zugang
- Open access
- Mindeststufe
- Advanced Open Water + deep specialty for the bow at 30 m; full deep + wreck-penetration training for the stern, swimming pool and engine room at 45–50 m. Strong current is the defining hazard.
Standort
12.0000° N, 61.7333° W
Tauchbasen, die diesen Spot ansteuern
3 Anbieter führen diesen Spot auf ihren Websites
- Aquanauts GrenadaTrue Blue, St George's, Grenada · Tauchbasis[Quelle]
- Dive GrenadaGrand Anse, St George's, Grenada · Tauchbasis[Quelle]
- ECO Dive GrenadaGrand Anse, St George's, Grenada · Tauchbasis[Quelle]
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