- Type
- Wreck
- Typical depth
- 122 m
- Level
- Technical
- Visibility
- 15–30 m
- Water temp
- 14–22 °C
- Current
- Moderate
- Access
- Permit required
- Min cert
- Hypoxic trimix or CCR with full deep wreck training. Greek Ministry of Culture permit required (Britannic is a designated archaeological site); divers operate under tight bottom-time and team-size limits.
- Wreck
- Deep Wreck
- Trimix
- CCR Recommended
- Permit Required
- Historic
- Exposed Site
- Overhead Environment
When to dive
BestAvoidOK
Aegean weather workable May through September. Meltemi winds in midsummer can shut down the Kea Channel for days. Permit applications gate access far more than weather.
37.7011° N, 24.2961° E
Notes
Olympic-class hospital ship, sister to Titanic. Mined 1916 in the Kea Channel. Trimix/CCR territory; Greek government permit only.
Marine life
- Other
- largest passenger ship on the seabed — sister of Olympic and Titanic
- Pelagics
- amberjack, dentex
- Reef fish
- grouper, damselfish, seabream
- Invertebrates
- sponges, scorpionfish
Wreck
- Vessel
- HMHS Britannic
- Class
- Olympic-class ocean liner converted to hospital ship
- Origin
- United Kingdom (White Star Line, requisitioned by Royal Navy)
- Sunk
- 1916 — struck a naval mine laid by German submarine U-73, 21 Nov 1916
- Length
- 269 m
- Penetration
- Possible — with training
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