100 Best Wreck Dives
THE BARN HILL - 99
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| Number 99 |
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5439-ton steamer. 390ft x 52ft.
Cargo: aluminium ingots, canned food, Halifax Nova Scotia for London.
Position: 50 47.38N; 00 20.33E.
Depth: 4m at low.
Sunk: Set on fire 20 March 1940 by bomb down funnel from German Dornier. Beached near Langney Point, Eastbourne while burning. Five of 34 crew died.
Diving: Can be shore dive (500m snorkel), but good second boat dive for beginners. Three boilers show at low. Salvaged of metals, but broken. Spread wreckage worth rummage. Many congers.
Launch: Eastbourne. |
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