Local wrecks in the Area
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Here in Inishowen we are lucky in having some of the premier wreck diving sites in world on our door step. List below are just a few of the wrecks.Click on the pictures or text to get further information on the wrecks.
Spanish Armada Wreck La Trinidad Valencera
1974 Chronicle Program about how the City of Derry Sub Aqua Club worked with the archaeological community to excavate the Spanish Armada wreck La Trinidad Valencera.
HMS Saldahna
HMT Cortienties
HMS Racoon
HMS Racoon Sank off Malin Head near the Garvan Isles
RMS Justicia
Geoff Millar from divenorth.com diving on RMS Justicia
U 89
HMS Audacious
A King George V class Super-Dreadnought Battleship
HMS Drake
HMS Drake sank in Church Bay Rathlin Island
HMS Assurance
HMS Assurance wrecked near Greencastle golf course
SS Laurentic
S.S Castle Eden
Lies 4 miles South South East of Innistrahull close to Inishowen Head at a Depth of 33M
SS William Mannell
SS Jackinsonville
SS Empire Heritage
SS Empire Heritage was built in 1930 by Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd of Newcastle upon Tyne. 508'x72.5'x50.5'. She was formerly called TAFELBERG before 1943. She was torpedoed on route from New York to Liverpool by German submarine U-482 with the loss of 113 lives when 15 miles North West of Malin Head. Carrying a cargo of 16,000 tons of fuel oil and 1,900 tons of deck cargo including Sherman Tanks
Operation Dead Light
U861
U861 was sunk in Operation Dead Light,off Malin.At 46 Metres.Jurgen Oesten's cargo U-boat is the shallowest of all the Deadlight fleet.However,she lies in a very tidal area and is not an easy dive.A rare Type IXD2,her sheer size makes her a very impressive dive
Below is a clip from Youtube on U861 which was involved in Operation
Dead Light
Below are video clips of Geoff Millar of Divenorth.com diving on U861
in 2007
U-218.
Diving on U-218
U1003
American B-17F Crashed into Lough Foyle Near Greencastle
A similar image to the B-17 which was flown by Captain William Curtis Melton