Site de plongée
HMS Repulse
South China Sea, off Kuantan, Malaysia
- Profondeur typique
- 55 m
- Type
- Épave
- Niveau
- Technical
Notes
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.
Faune marine
- 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
Épave
- Navire
- HMS Repulse
- Classe
- Renown-class battlecruiser
- Origine
- United Kingdom (Royal Navy)
- Coulé
- 1941 — torpedoed by Imperial Japanese Navy land-based aircraft (Force Z action), 10 Dec 1941
- Longueur
- 242 m
- Pénétration
- Déconseillée
Caractéristiques du site
- Wreck
- Deep Wreck
- Trimix
- War Grave
- Permit Required
- Liveaboard Only
- Historic
- Battlecruiser
- Inverted Hull
Quand plonger
- Idéal
- Mar–Sep
- À éviter
- 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.
Conditions & accès
- Visibilité
- 10–25 m
- Température
- 27–30 °C
- Courant
- Moderate
- Accès
- Permit required
- Niveau requis
- 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.
Emplacement
3.7833° N, 104.8000° E
Clubs de plongée qui visitent ce site
2 opérateurs référencent ce site sur leurs sites web
- Dive Tioman / B&J Diving CentreTioman Island, Malaysia · Centre de plongée[source]
- GS-DivingSingapore, Singapore · Centre de plongée[source]
Sources
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