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Tauchplatz

Caribbean, off St George's, Grenada

Bianca C

Typische Tiefe

50m

Typ
Wrack
Typische Tiefe
50 m
Niveau
Technical
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.
  • Wreck
  • Deep Wreck
  • Penetration
  • Overhead Environment
  • Historic
  • Strong Current
  • Exposed Site
  • Liner

Beste Zeit

IdealOK

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.

12.0000° N, 61.7333° W

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

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