Name your best or favorite wreck dive

[Ladydiver]

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[Paco]

I'm pretty inexperienced but can offer the little that I have. I thought the wreck in Coz was cool. Other than that, the only ones I've dove on were in Lake Michigan: the Willie (Prins Willems V) near Milwaukee and the Niagra near Port Washington. Of my three wreck experiences, I think the Willie was the best. If I remember correctly, it is a 258 ft. Dutch freightor that went down in the 1950's. Dangerous to penetrate so I dindn't but liked my dives there a lot.

Paco

 

[DIVERDREW]

On January 14, 1945, Convoy BX-141 arrived off Halifax Harbor. Waiting for them was the German submarine U-1232, commanded by Kapitan-zur-See Kurt Dobratz. U-1232 had been patrolling off Halifax since before Christmas. Although he had taken a number of shots at ships leaving Halifax, he was unsuccessful and so far had not been detected. As the nineteen ships of BX-141 formed a single column for entry into the harbour, Dobratz fired a single torpedo at the third ship in the line, the British Freedom. It struck the engine room and she began to settle by the stern. Following directly astern, the SS Martin Van Burin increased speed and swung out to starboard. Dobratz fired a stern shot and was rewarded with another hit. The orderly column was now in confusion. The seventh ship in the column, the Athelviking now passed in front of Dobratz. He fired and got his third hit of the day. In just thirteen minutes, he had destroyed three major ships, as feat, which would win him the Knight’s Cross, one of Germany's highest award for valor. Meanwhile the British Freedom sank until her stern struck bottom, leaving the bow protruding above the waves. The following day, the HMCS Goderich was dispatched to sink the Freedom with depth charges.
Of the 48 crew and 9 gunners, only 1 man was lost, an engineer who was trapped in the engine room.
Chartered into the British Admiralty during the Second World War, she was armed as an escort tanker and 9 additional men were assigned to man her new guns.
Wreck sits between 160' and 210' in Approaches to Halifax Harbour, NS Canada.

 

[roguediver]

I have not dove to many wrecks the best so far for me is the Eagle I also have dove on the Sapona in Bimini most of that wreck is out of the water but full of life I have also dove on a few wrecks in Nassau but can not think of there names wright now. I would love to dive on the Spiegel Grove, Duane, Bibb and when I have a lot of training and a lot more diving under my belt I would love to dive the Andrea Doria which is the reason I started getting into tech diving in the first place.

 

[Wreck Ranger]

The Schurz is my favorite wreck. It's located off Morehead City N.C. in about 120fow. It was originally a German ship that our Navy annexed in WW1(was called the Geier). The boiler area is very impressive and the amount of Sand Tigers as well. It was an ammunitions vessel and has thousands of clips, bullets, butt plates, and various other artifacts. They just recovered the bell about a month ago. I recommend this wreck and most of the others near by to anyone looking for an excellent wreck diving excursion. Call Olympus Dive center 252-726-9432 for reservations. No I don't work there, but would if they asked. They are the best
Plan your dive
Dive your plan

 

[JDostal]

I've only dove fresh water wrecks in the great lakes. The ER Williams, the Frank O'Connor, the Pilot Island Wrecks, the Bermuda, the Smith Moore, Herman H. Hettler, Stephen Selvick...but...my favorite shipwreck so far has got to be the wreck of the USCG Cutter Mesquite. A 180ft USCG cutter lying intact on in about 110ffw off of Keweenaw Point in Michigan. It was just beautiful. We were supposed to dive the Mesquite one day and then do two other wrecks the next day, but we only ended up diving the Mesquite. The first dive was just looking at the wreck from the outside, surveying it. The next dive we did some light "swim through" penetrations through the galley and the officers quarters. On subsequent dives we went further below decks. It was awesome...I still remember the copy machine sitting on the deck

 

[salty]

"Portions of this thread have been deleted due to their harrassing nature and uncalled for personal attacks. Those of you doing the bashing know who you are and I know all of you have been on Scuba Board long enough to know this kind of attack is not allowed. Do not let it happen again."




Im going to have to go back and see the good stuff I missed

 

[ExtremeTech]

Windiate! Three masted schooner out of Presque Isle, MI. You hit one of the two standing masts at 90', descend past the crows nest, hit the deck at about 165', mud is at 180'. This one is upright, in tact, and an incredible wreck from the 1800's.

Unfortunately, I dove this in my IANTD "Technical Diver" class. Basically, it was a deep air class where we used 80/20 for deco and learned nothing in the way of diving skills. For the record, had I known better, had I already taken a GUEF class (that came along about 6 months later and straightened me out), I never would have taken this class. Now this card is like one of them PADI specialty cards. You are usually too embarrassed to admit you were dumb enough to have wasted the time and cash it took to get it in the first place.

 

[King Kong Matt]

ExtremeTech once bubbled...
For the record, had I known better, had I already taken a GUEF class

What's that? What's a GUEF class?

 

[ExtremeTech]

GUEF = Global Underwater Explorers Fundamentals