List of wreck diving sites

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Wreck of the Zenobia.

List of shipwreck sites which are popular amongst scuba divers for wreck diving, arranged by geographical distribution.

Contents

North Atlantic

Ireland

United Kingdom

United States

Caribbean Sea

Aruba

Bonaire

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands

Curaçao

Grenada

Mexico

Mustique

Florida

Mediterranean Sea

Cyprus

Italy

Malta

North Carolina, Outer Banks

Scapa Flow, Scotland

South Atlantic

Brazil

East Pacific

West Pacific

Bikini Atoll

Guam

Diver between the hulls of Cormoran and Tokai Maru in Apra Harbor, Guam Scuba diver between SMS Cormoran and Tokai Maru in Apra Harbor, Guam.jpg
Diver between the hulls of Cormoran and Tokai Maru in Apra Harbor, Guam

Truk Lagoon

Indian Ocean

Red Sea

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Wreck of the SS Carnatic

Freshwater Shipwrecks

Great Lakes

See also

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Several steamships have been named Silesia after the province of Schlesien

References

Notes

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  2. "What Concrete Ships Lie at Guam?". ww2pacific.com. September 7, 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Diving in War in the Pacific National Historical Park". National Park Service. October 30, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2021.