H.M.S. ST ANGELO
Malta
Challenging dive site
The HMS St Angelo was a tugboat used as a harbour transport for Royal Navy Officers carrying personnel from Fort St Angelo to other destinations. During the war it also served as a rescue vessel and then as a minesweeper untill it hit a mine and sunk. It now lays 1 mile off the Grand Harbour shore at a depth of 54 meters.
Particulars
HMS St Angelo was sunk on 30 May at 1415 hrs with the loss of four of her crew. The 150 ton auxiliary tug was involved in a minesweeping operation about ¾ mile off the entrance to Grand Harbour when she struck a mine.
Warnings
Possible strong currents! Proximity of Grand Harbour entrance and ship traffic in and out of the Valletta's Grand Harbour.
H.M.S. ST ANGELO Features
- Nicknames
- HMS Egmont, Angelo
- Address
- N.v.t. N/A
- Parking
- At boat charter
- Suitable for
- Experienced divers, technical diving
- Permit
- N.v.t.
- Access
- Free access
- Facilities
- None
- Water
- Salt
- Tide
- N.v.t.
- Kind of dive
- Technical diving, boat dive, wreck dive
- Current
- Limited, strong, variable
- Visibility
- 10 - 30 m.
- Average visibility
- 20 m.
- Depth
- 54 m.
- Bottom
- fijn slik en zand
- Life
- John dory or peter's fish, bonito
- Other recreation
- None
- Emergency
- 112
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