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#11
04-10-2005, 05:22 PM
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 Re: Diving around Ireland > All good diving is on the West Coast. And North West too! We have the Laurentic at approx 40m off the Lough Swilly - lots of other wrecks but very deep! See www.diveology.ie and www.aquaholics.org , viz is usually up to 22m  very nice! -- Ka Learn and Explore www.diveology.ie  |
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#12
04-10-2005, 05:22 PM
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| Re: Diving around Ireland > All good diving is on the West Coast. And North West too! We have the Laurentic at approx 40m off the Lough Swilly - lots of other wrecks but very deep! See www.diveology.ie and www.aquaholics.org , viz is usually up to 22m very nice! -- Ka Learn and Explore www.diveology.ie |
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#13
04-10-2005, 07:57 PM
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| Re: Diving around Ireland "Stimp" <ren@spumco.com> wrote in message news:slrnd5io4s.ici.ren@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie... > Anyone recommend a good dive-site (down to 40m max) around Eire? > > There have gotta be a load of good wreck dives off the west coast. > -- The Kowloon Bridge should be on anyones list of top wreck dives. At 300,00 tonnes it is the largest wreck in European waters. It was an iron ore carrier that was abandoned while under power in Bantry Bay during a violent storm in 1986 after breaking one of its anchor chains. It meandered unmanned all night before ending up on Stag Rocks near Toe Head where it stayed for a few days before sliding off. The suspicion then and now is that the sinking was an insurance fraud because of the structural failings at frame 65 behind hold 9, exactly the same as its infamous sister ship the Derbyshire that sank in the Pacific. It sits upright at less than 35 metres and deserves several dives as it is 1000 yards long. Other wrecks in the bay behind Stag Rocks are Asian, Dido and the anchor wreck which all make good second dives. Cliff. |
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#14
04-10-2005, 07:57 PM
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| Re: Diving around Ireland "Stimp" <ren@spumco.com> wrote in message news:slrnd5io4s.ici.ren@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie... > Anyone recommend a good dive-site (down to 40m max) around Eire? > > There have gotta be a load of good wreck dives off the west coast. > -- The Kowloon Bridge should be on anyones list of top wreck dives. At 300,00 tonnes it is the largest wreck in European waters. It was an iron ore carrier that was abandoned while under power in Bantry Bay during a violent storm in 1986 after breaking one of its anchor chains. It meandered unmanned all night before ending up on Stag Rocks near Toe Head where it stayed for a few days before sliding off. The suspicion then and now is that the sinking was an insurance fraud because of the structural failings at frame 65 behind hold 9, exactly the same as its infamous sister ship the Derbyshire that sank in the Pacific. It sits upright at less than 35 metres and deserves several dives as it is 1000 yards long. Other wrecks in the bay behind Stag Rocks are Asian, Dido and the anchor wreck which all make good second dives. Cliff. |
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04-10-2005, 07:57 PM
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| Re: Diving around Ireland "Stimp" <ren@spumco.com> wrote in message news:slrnd5io4s.ici.ren@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie... > Anyone recommend a good dive-site (down to 40m max) around Eire? > > There have gotta be a load of good wreck dives off the west coast. > -- The Kowloon Bridge should be on anyones list of top wreck dives. At 300,00 tonnes it is the largest wreck in European waters. It was an iron ore carrier that was abandoned while under power in Bantry Bay during a violent storm in 1986 after breaking one of its anchor chains. It meandered unmanned all night before ending up on Stag Rocks near Toe Head where it stayed for a few days before sliding off. The suspicion then and now is that the sinking was an insurance fraud because of the structural failings at frame 65 behind hold 9, exactly the same as its infamous sister ship the Derbyshire that sank in the Pacific. It sits upright at less than 35 metres and deserves several dives as it is 1000 yards long. Other wrecks in the bay behind Stag Rocks are Asian, Dido and the anchor wreck which all make good second dives. Cliff. |
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04-10-2005, 07:57 PM
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| Re: Diving around Ireland "Stimp" <ren@spumco.com> wrote in message news:slrnd5io4s.ici.ren@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie... > Anyone recommend a good dive-site (down to 40m max) around Eire? > > There have gotta be a load of good wreck dives off the west coast. > -- The Kowloon Bridge should be on anyones list of top wreck dives. At 300,00 tonnes it is the largest wreck in European waters. It was an iron ore carrier that was abandoned while under power in Bantry Bay during a violent storm in 1986 after breaking one of its anchor chains. It meandered unmanned all night before ending up on Stag Rocks near Toe Head where it stayed for a few days before sliding off. The suspicion then and now is that the sinking was an insurance fraud because of the structural failings at frame 65 behind hold 9, exactly the same as its infamous sister ship the Derbyshire that sank in the Pacific. It sits upright at less than 35 metres and deserves several dives as it is 1000 yards long. Other wrecks in the bay behind Stag Rocks are Asian, Dido and the anchor wreck which all make good second dives. Cliff. |
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04-10-2005, 07:57 PM
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| Re: Diving around Ireland "Stimp" <ren@spumco.com> wrote in message news:slrnd5io4s.ici.ren@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie... > Anyone recommend a good dive-site (down to 40m max) around Eire? > > There have gotta be a load of good wreck dives off the west coast. > -- The Kowloon Bridge should be on anyones list of top wreck dives. At 300,00 tonnes it is the largest wreck in European waters. It was an iron ore carrier that was abandoned while under power in Bantry Bay during a violent storm in 1986 after breaking one of its anchor chains. It meandered unmanned all night before ending up on Stag Rocks near Toe Head where it stayed for a few days before sliding off. The suspicion then and now is that the sinking was an insurance fraud because of the structural failings at frame 65 behind hold 9, exactly the same as its infamous sister ship the Derbyshire that sank in the Pacific. It sits upright at less than 35 metres and deserves several dives as it is 1000 yards long. Other wrecks in the bay behind Stag Rocks are Asian, Dido and the anchor wreck which all make good second dives. Cliff. |
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#18
04-10-2005, 07:57 PM
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| Re: Diving around Ireland "Stimp" <ren@spumco.com> wrote in message news:slrnd5io4s.ici.ren@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie... > Anyone recommend a good dive-site (down to 40m max) around Eire? > > There have gotta be a load of good wreck dives off the west coast. > -- The Kowloon Bridge should be on anyones list of top wreck dives. At 300,00 tonnes it is the largest wreck in European waters. It was an iron ore carrier that was abandoned while under power in Bantry Bay during a violent storm in 1986 after breaking one of its anchor chains. It meandered unmanned all night before ending up on Stag Rocks near Toe Head where it stayed for a few days before sliding off. The suspicion then and now is that the sinking was an insurance fraud because of the structural failings at frame 65 behind hold 9, exactly the same as its infamous sister ship the Derbyshire that sank in the Pacific. It sits upright at less than 35 metres and deserves several dives as it is 1000 yards long. Other wrecks in the bay behind Stag Rocks are Asian, Dido and the anchor wreck which all make good second dives. Cliff. |
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#19
04-12-2005, 11:05 AM
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| Re: Diving around Ireland news:d3cc4k$q32$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk > > It sits upright at less than 35 metres and deserves > several dives as it is 1000 yards long. > Cliff. Cliff I think you are getting your imperial and metric measurements mixed up. According to my "research" (ok it was a google check). It is listed at 294 metres in length. Steve -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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#20
04-12-2005, 11:05 AM
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| Re: Diving around Ireland "Cliff Coggin" <clifford@ccoggin.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:d3cc4k$q32$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk > > It sits upright at less than 35 metres and deserves > several dives as it is 1000 yards long. > Cliff. Cliff I think you are getting your imperial and metric measurements mixed up. According to my "research" (ok it was a google check). It is listed at 294 metres in length. Steve -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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