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MS Zenobia was a Swedish-built Challenger-class RO-RO ferry launched in 1979 that capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea, close to Larnaca, Cyprus, in June 1980. [1] [4] She now rests on her port side in approximately 42 meters (138 ft) of water and was named by The Times, and many others, as one of the top ten wreck diving sites in the world.
Now a recreational dive site; USS LST-507 – US Tank landing ship sunk off the south coast of England, now a dive site; HMS M2 – Royal Navy submarine monitor wrecked in Lyme Bay; SS Maine – British ship sunk in 1917 near Dartmouth, Devon. Now a recreational dive site; SS Maloja – UK registered passenger steamship sunk by a mine off Dover
Non-penetration wreck diving is the least hazardous form of wreck diving, although divers still need to be aware of the entanglement risks presented by fishing nets and fishing lines which may be snagged to the wreck (wrecks are often popular fishing sites), and the underlying terrain may present greater risk of sharp edges. [2]
US Navy diver dredging an excavation site during an underwater recovery operation, searching for personnel who went missing during WWII off the coast of Koror. Salvage diving is the diving work associated with the recovery of all or part of ships, their cargoes, aircraft, and other vehicles and structures which have sunk or fallen into water.
As the top of the ship is in only about 30 metres (100 ft) of water, scuba divers can reach it and in the late 1980s and early 1990s some removed parts of the boat for souvenirs. In late 1992, the rear third of the ship was torn off and the ship began to deteriorate quickly, though at 180 metres (600 ft) in length it is still the region's ...
Alessia Zecchini (born 30 June 1992) is an Italian freediver who has set world and Italian records in freediving. [1] [2]At the age of 13, Zecchini completed her first federal apnea course in A.s.d. "Apnea Blu Mare".
Penetration diving is also known as diving in overhead environments, which is a class of confinement which restricts the diver from free vertical access to the surface.An overhead environment may also be a confined space, in which the diver is restricted in their ability to maneuver, and is roughly the opposite of open water.
It is the deepest cave in Northern Europe. Most caves in Rana, of which there are some 200, are not suitable for diving. Most caves in Rana, of which there are some 200, are not suitable for diving. A popular cave diving destination, Pluragrotta attracts more divers than any other cave in Scandinavia .