Tauchplatz
HMS Prince of Wales
South China Sea, off Kuantan, Malaysia
- Typische Tiefe
- 68 m
- Typ
- Wrack
- Niveau
- Technical
Notizen
King George V-class battleship sunk by Japanese torpedo bombers on 10 Dec 1941 alongside HMS Repulse. Inverted at ~68 m; designated war grave under UK Protection of Military Remains Act.
Meereslebewesen
- Other
- White Ensign flown from a propeller shaft each Remembrance Day — war grave to over 320 lives
- Pelagics
- barracuda, jacks, tuna
- Reef fish
- snapper, grouper, batfish
- Invertebrates
- soft coral and anemones on the upturned hull
Wrack
- Schiff
- HMS Prince of Wales
- Klasse
- King George V-class battleship
- Herkunft
- United Kingdom (Royal Navy)
- Gesunken
- 1941 — torpedoed by Imperial Japanese Navy land-based aircraft (Force Z action), 10 Dec 1941
- Länge
- 227 m
- Penetration
- Nicht empfohlen
Eigenschaften
- Wreck
- Deep Wreck
- Trimix
- CCR Recommended
- War Grave
- Permit Required
- Liveaboard Only
- Historic
- Battleship
- Inverted Hull
Beste Zeit
- Ideal
- Mar–Sep
- Vermeiden
- Nov–Feb
South China Sea off the Malaysian east coast — northeast monsoon (Nov–Feb) shuts the site down with heavy seas. Liveaboard-only access from Tioman or Kuantan; calm, clear conditions are needed for the 60+ m descent.
Bedingungen & Zugang
- Sicht
- 10–25 m
- Wassertemperatur
- 27–30 °C
- Strömung
- Moderate
- Zugang
- Permit required
- Mindeststufe
- Hypoxic trimix or CCR. Designated war grave under the UK Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 — diving permitted only under strict 'look but don't touch, don't enter' conditions; recovering artefacts is a criminal offence.
Standort
3.5667° N, 104.4833° E
Tauchbasen, die diesen Spot ansteuern
2 Anbieter führen diesen Spot auf ihren Websites
- Dive Tioman / B&J Diving CentreTioman Island, Malaysia · Tauchbasis[Quelle]
- GS-DivingSingapore, Singapore · Tauchbasis[Quelle]
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