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All latitude and longitude data is accurate to 0.10 of a degree. If you would like to dive any of these sites contact the Sussex Diving Club and arrange to dive with us. We can provide accurate GPS references for the sites, on a reciprocal basis. AIRCRAFT HALIFAX | Latitude: | 50 46.30 N | | Longitude: | 00 14.00 W | | Distance: | 5.3 nm bearing 246T from BRIGHTON | | | 3.1 nm bearing 171T from SHOREHAM | | Tonnage: | | | Built: | | Sunk | | | Depth: | 12 | Height: | 3 |
| Dive details: | 4-engined bomber, nothing found recently, see TRAWLER (WOODEN) | | References: | HR/33 013604570, US 64, DS 152 |
ALAUNIA | Latitude: | 50 41.00 N | | Longitude: | 00 27.20 E | | Distance: | 22.5 nm bearing 109T from BRIGHTON | | | 8.1 nm bearing 143T from EASTBOURNE MARINA | | Tonnage: | 13405 | | Built: | 1913 | Sunk | 1916 | | Depth: | 36 | Height: | 12 |
| Dive details: | Superstructure swept and lies on seabed alongside. Remarkably intact, but broken up amidships and towards stern | | References: | DS 325 |
ARIEL | Latitude: | 50 38.90 N | | Longitude: | 00 24.80 W | | Distance: | 15.1 nm bearing 230T from BRIGHTON | | | 12.3 nm bearing 211T from SHOREHAM | | Tonnage: | 2220 | | Built: | 1885 | Sunk | 1892 | | Depth: | 32 | Height: | 2 |
| Dive details: | Bow section lies to SE, broken up 30ft back from bow, scour to the West | | References: | SS p1, DS 161 |
ASHFORD | Latitude: | 50 39.10 N | | Longitude: | 00 07.70 E | | Distance: | 12.9 nm bearing 136T from BRIGHTON | | | 7.8 nm bearing 160T from NEWHAVEN | | Tonnage: | 1211 | | Built: | | Sunk | 1906 | | Depth: | 34 | Height: | 6 |
| Dive details: | Sitting upright and relatively intact - this is a great dive. You can get round the whole ship on one dive and swim through the central bridge section. | | References: | |
BALFOUR | Latitude: | 50 42.80 N | | Longitude: | 00 24.30 E | | Distance: | 20.2 nm bearing 106T from BRIGHTON | | | 5.7 nm bearing 147T from EASTBOURNE MARINA | | Tonnage: | 285 | | Built: | | Sunk | 1918 | | Depth: | 23 | Height: | 2 |
| Dive details: | Naval steam trawler, sinking deeply into the muddy uneven seabed. 134ft by 23ft. | | References: | DS 326 |
BARGE (AMMUNITION) | Latitude: | 50 47.30 N | | Longitude: | 00 07.20 W | | Distance: | 1.3 nm bearing 206T from BRIGHTON | | | 5.2 nm bearing 114T from SHOREHAM | | Tonnage: | 100 | | Built: | 1939 | Sunk | | | Depth: | 17 | Height: | 4 |
| Dive details: | Upright and complete; makes a good novice dive; DS suggests it may be a WW2 landing craft; it looks more like a barge. | | References: | HR/39 013605239, DS 196 |
BLANEFIELD? | Latitude: | 50 41.90 N | | Longitude: | 00 14.10 E | | Distance: | 14.5 nm bearing 116T from BRIGHTON | | | 8.1 nm bearing 124T from NEWHAVEN | | Tonnage: | | | Built: | | Sunk | 1906 | | Depth: | 23 | Height: | 6 |
| Dive details: | Only located on echo sounder. | | References: | DS 259 |
BRAUNTON | Latitude: | 50 38.90 N | | Longitude: | 00 10.60 E | | Distance: | 14.3 nm bearing 131T from BRIGHTON | | | 8.8 nm bearing 149T from NEWHAVEN | | Tonnage: | 4575 | | Built: | | Sunk | 1916 | | Depth: | 30 | Height: | 13 |
| Dive details: | This is a massive ship, fairly broken up but some large pieces of wreckage sticking up at various places. Bow and stern sections recognisable, cargo ammo | | References: | DS 273 |
BUCKET DREDGER | Latitude: | 50 49.00 N | | Longitude: | 00 12.40 W | | Distance: | 3.9 nm bearing 279T from BRIGHTON | | | 1.5 nm bearing 103T from SHOREHAM | | Tonnage: | | | Built: | | Sunk | | | Depth: | 8 | Height: | |
| Dive details: | Few remains, on Jenny grounds | | References: | HR/42 013605379, DS 142 |
CALEB SPRAGUE | Latitude: | 50 38.30 N | | Longitude: | 00 25.50 E | | Distance: | 22.5 nm bearing 116T from BRIGHTON | | | 10.0 nm bearing 158T from EASTBOURNE MARINA | | Tonnage: | 1813 | | Built: | | Sunk | 1944 | | Depth: | 46 | Height: | 11 |
| Dive details: | Lies down a slope, so you can pick your depth. Cargo steel and timber. Some salvage work of steel. Damage to port side around holds 3 and 4. | | References: | DS 229 |
CANDIA | Latitude: | 50 34.30 N | | Longitude: | 00 30.70 W | | Distance: | 20.9 nm bearing 227T from BRIGHTON | | | 18.2 nm bearing 213T from SHOREHAM | | Tonnage: | 6482 | | Built: | 1896 | Sunk | 1917 | | Depth: | 45 | Height: | 18 |
| Dive details: | Still reasonably intact in an area of sand dunes | | References: | DS 115 |
CITY OF BRISBANE | Latitude: | 50 44.50 N | | Longitude: | 00 00.70 E | | Distance: | 5.9 nm bearing 131T from BRIGHTON | | | 2.7 nm bearing 223T from NEWHAVEN | | Tonnage: | 7094 | | Built: | 1918 | Sunk | 1918 | | Depth: | 20 | Height: | 10 |
| Dive details: | Stern is to the North and is broken up. Bow section remains fairly complete but deck area is a mess of wreckage. | | References: | HR/25 013702750,SSp6,DS214,SAB97 |
CITY OF LONDON | Latitude: | 50 42.30 N | | Longitude: | 00 14.40 W | | Distance: | 8.0 nm bearing 219T from BRIGHTON | | | 7.1 nm bearing 178T from SHOREHAM | | Tonnage: | 6311 | | Built: | | Sunk | 1918 | | Depth: | 23 | Height: | 3 |
| Dive details: | The wreck lies upside-down with wreckage scattered on the northern side and a lareg area of broken wreckage to the east. | | References: | HR/15 013603929, DS 157 |
CITY OF WATERFORD | Latitude: | 50 40.50 N | | Longitude: | 00 06.60 W | | Distance: | 7.9 nm bearing 181T from BRIGHTON | | | 10.3 nm bearing 150T from SHOREHAM | | Tonnage: | 1338 | | Built: | 1921 | Sunk | 1949 | | Depth: | 28 | Height: | 7 |
| Dive details: | Upright and fairly complete; starting to open up; brass valves and copper pipes exposed in engine room. Cargo of carpets visible at stern. | | References: | HR/9 013603644, SS p7, DS 221 |
CLODMOOR | Latitude: | 50 43.60 N | | Longitude: | 00 00.60 E | | Distance: | 6.5 nm bearing 137T from BRIGHTON | | | 3.4 nm bearing 212T from NEWHAVEN | | Tonnage: | 3733 | | Built: | 1902 | Sunk | 1917 | | Depth: | 20 | Height: | 4 |
| Dive details: | Bow section stands proud (off to the NE) but much of the midships section is buried under the sand. Large propeller suspended in mid-water. | | References: | SS p11, DS 217, SAB 96 |
DEEP 10'S | Latitude: | 50 27.50 N | | Longitude: | 00 16.00 E | | Distance: | 25.3 nm bearing 145T from BRIGHTON | | | nm bearing from | | Tonnage: | | | Built: | | Sunk | | | Depth: | | Height: | |
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DEVON COAST | Latitude: | 50 44.40 N | | Longitude: | 00 08.70 E | | Distance: | 10.3 nm bearing 112T from BRIGHTON | | | 3.9 nm bearing 122T from NEWHAVEN | | Tonnage: | 668 | | Built: | 1905 | Sunk | 1908 | | Depth: | 16 | Height: | 2 |
| Dive details: | Known as stoneboat, well broken up and sunk into the seabed | | References: | SS p13, DS 254 |
FORTUNA | Latitude: | 50 41.60 N | | Longitude: | 00 02.30 W | | Distance: | 7.2 nm bearing 159T from BRIGHTON | | | 11.1 nm bearing 134T from SHOREHAM | | Tonnage: | 1254 | | Built: | 1912 | Sunk | 1916 | | Depth: | 27 | Height: | 6 |
| Dive details: | Fairly intact except superstructure, plating thin; recovered small port-hole in 1991, cargo cement | | References: | HR/13 013604995, SS p17, DS 220 |
FRODE | Latitude: | 50 46.10 N | | Longitude: | 00 28.80 W | | Distance: | 14.4 nm bearing 260T from BRIGHTON | | | 9.5 nm bearing 249T from SHOREHAM | | Tonnage: | 697 | | Built: | 1917 | Sunk | 1943 | | Depth: | 10 | Height: | 2 |
| Dive details: | Strewn over a wide area, used by sports fishermen, barren seabed to the east | | References: | SS p15, DS 89, SAB 90 |
GASCONY | Latitude: | 50 39.40 N | | Longitude: | 00 39.60 W | | Distance: | 22.9 nm bearing 246T from BRIGHTON | | | 7.0 nm bearing 178T from BOGNOR SLIP | | Tonnage: | 3133 | | Built: | 1908 | Sunk | 1918 | | Depth: | 28 | Height: | 3 |
| Dive details: | Well broken, boilers exposed, plating thin | | References: | SS p18, SAB 79 |
GLENARM HEAD/UNKNOWN| Latitude: | 50 38.60 N | | Longitude: | 00 11.40 W | | Distance: | 10.3 nm bearing 198T from BRIGHTON | | | 11.0 nm bearing 169T from SHOREHAM | | Tonnage: | 3908 | | Built: | | Sunk | 1918 | | Depth: | 46 | Height: | 8 |
| Dive details: | Intact and upright. Dive Sussex wrongly identifies as Porthkerry. HR wrongly identifies as Glenarm Head. | | References: | HR/4 013603164, DS 168 |
GLENARTNEY | Latitude: | 50 38.80 N | | Longitude: | 00 25.50 E | | Distance: | 22.3 nm bearing 115T from BRIGHTON | | | 9.5 nm bearing 156T from EASTBOURNE MARINA | | Tonnage: | 5201 | | Built: | | Sunk | 1915 | | Depth: | 31 | Height: | 6 |
| Dive details: | Lying on her startboard side on a flat seabed. Very broken up with only bow section and boilers clearly defined | | References: | DS 328 |
GLENLEE | Latitude: | 50 40.50 N | | Longitude: | 00 33.90 W | | Distance: | 19.2 nm bearing 245T from BRIGHTON | | | 15.1 nm bearing 233T from SHOREHAM | | Tonnage: | 4915 | | Built: | 1917 | Sunk | 1918 | | Depth: | 20 | Height: | 5 |
| Dive details: | Smashed about by salvage operations, largely flattened and well silted; 2 boilers and plates on bottom | | References: | SS p20, DS 92, SAB 82 |
GRABWELL | Latitude: | 50 41.30 N | | Longitude: | 00 25.90 E | | Distance: | 21.6 nm bearing 109T from BRIGHTON | | | 7.5 nm bearing 147T from EASTBOURNE MARINA | | Tonnage: | 251 | | Built: | | Sunk | 1942 | | Depth: | 22 | Height: | 5 |
| Dive details: | 196ft pile lighter. Sank while on tow. Sits on a flat bottom | | References: | DS 324 |
HARPALION | Latitude: | 50 42.50 N | | Longitude: | 00 16.30 E | | Distance: | 15.7 nm bearing 111T from BRIGHTON | | | 9.1 nm bearing 114T from NEWHAVEN | | Tonnage: | | | Built: | | Sunk | | | Depth: | 20 | Height: | |
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INGER | Latitude: | 50 41.60 N | | Longitude: | 00 26.70 E | | Distance: | 22.0 nm bearing 108T from BRIGHTON | | | 7.5 nm bearing 142T from EASTBOURNE MARINA | | Tonnage: | | | Built: | | Sunk | | | Depth: | 24 | Height: | 4 |
| Dive details: | Very broken up. Plate recovered with the letters GER on it. | | References: | |
INVERCLYDE | Latitude: | 50 46.40 N | | Longitude: | 00 03.70 W | | Distance: | 2.6 nm bearing 140T from BRIGHTON | | | 7.6 nm bearing 113T from SHOREHAM | | Tonnage: | 215 | | Built: | 1914 | Sunk | 1942 | | Depth: | 15 | Height: | 3 |
| Dive details: | Boiler with scattered wreckage 100 metres away to the west/north-west | | References: | HR/34 013604569,SS28,DS209,SAB94 |
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