BREYDON WIDGEON
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Breydon Widgeon is a steel trawler that has been discovered by recreational divers in 2000. The wreck is overgrown with plumose anemone and cuthona. The Breydon Widgeon stands upright and is in great shape. The ship has served as a trawler and safety vessel for offshore installations. There are rumors that they deliberately sank it in 1990 because it was a drug ship. It is a relatively easy dive. The wreck lies no deeper than 25 meters, visibility is good and it’s easy to orientate yourself. A great wreck for beginners in the North Sea.
Particulars
The Breydon Widgeon lies off the coast of IJmuiden in the North Sea. You can only reach the wreck by boat. Type: Propeller-driven trawler. Length: 28.5 m. Builder: Richards Ironworks Ltd. Year built: 1961. Launching: November 1961.
Warnings
The Breydon Widgeon is only suitable for wreck divers. Make sure you have the correct certification and sufficient experience.
BREYDON WIDGEON Features
- Nicknames
- Breydon Widgeon
- Address
- IJmuiden
- Parking
- Sufficient parking
- Distance
- 60 min.
- Suitable for
- Inexperienced Nort Sea divers , advanced wreck divers
- Permit
- N.vt. / NA
- Access
- Free access
- Facilities
- Boat dive facilities
- Water
- Salt
- Kind of dive
- Wreck dive, boat dive
- Current
- Variable
- Visibility
- 6 - 20 m.
- Average visibility
- 6 m.
- Depth
- 22 m.
- Bottom
- zand
- Life
- Bullhead, velvet swimming crab, Cuthona gymnota (seasnail), cod, north sea crab, oaten pipes hydroid, dragonet, sea mat, pouting, plumose anemone
- Other recreation
- Fishing is possible on some vessels, while waiting for tidal reversal.
- Emergency
- 112