Tauchplatz
HMS Repulse
South China Sea, off Kuantan, Malaysia
- Typische Tiefe
- 55 m
- Typ
- Wrack
- Niveau
- Technical
Notizen
Renown-class battlecruiser sunk in the same 10 Dec 1941 attack as Prince of Wales. Lies on her port side; deck at ~40 m, hull at ~55 m. Protected war grave.
Meereslebewesen
- Other
- war grave to over 500 lives — designated under UK Protection of Military Remains Act
- Pelagics
- barracuda, tuna
- Reef fish
- snapper, grouper, batfish, sweetlips
- Invertebrates
- soft coral on the bilge keels, anemones
Wrack
- Schiff
- HMS Repulse
- Klasse
- Renown-class battlecruiser
- Herkunft
- United Kingdom (Royal Navy)
- Gesunken
- 1941 — torpedoed by Imperial Japanese Navy land-based aircraft (Force Z action), 10 Dec 1941
- Länge
- 242 m
- Penetration
- Nicht empfohlen
Eigenschaften
- Wreck
- Deep Wreck
- Trimix
- War Grave
- Permit Required
- Liveaboard Only
- Historic
- Battlecruiser
- Inverted Hull
Beste Zeit
- Ideal
- Mar–Sep
- Vermeiden
- Nov–Feb
Same Force Z weather window as Prince of Wales — shut down by the northeast monsoon. Repulse lies upside-down some 8 nautical miles north of Prince of Wales; both wrecks are typically dived on the same liveaboard charter.
Bedingungen & Zugang
- Sicht
- 10–25 m
- Wassertemperatur
- 27–30 °C
- Strömung
- Moderate
- Zugang
- Permit required
- Mindeststufe
- Trimix recommended for any meaningful bottom time on the hull at 40–55 m. War grave under the UK Protection of Military Remains Act — no entry, no recovery; conditions of access are stricter than the wreck's depth.
Standort
3.7833° N, 104.8000° 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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