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HMCS Saskatchewan

The Saskatchewan: DDE 262 Destroyer Escort

Description: Mackenzie-class Destroyer Escort

Size: 366-feet (111 metres), 2900 tons
Sinking date: June 14, 1997
Location: Snake Island, Nanaimo
Co-ordinates: 49º 12.96' N, 123º 53.070' W
Motto: "Ready and Confident"

Since her sinking she has seen in excess of 55,000 divers.
This is a local Dive

  • She sits upright with a slight list to the port side

  • Radar Platform 45'

  • Bridge 65'

  • Top of guns 85'

  • Fore and aft decks 95'

  • Aft mortar bay 105'

  • Keel on the bottom 130'


 

Description:

Mackenzie-class Destroyer Escort

Size:

366-feet (111 metres), 2900 tons

Sinking date:

June 14, 1997

Location:

Snake Island, Nanaimo
Co-ordinates: 49º 12.96' N, 123º 53.070' W

Motto:

"Ready and Confident"


HMCS Cape Breton

The Cape Breton: FMG 100 (Fleet Maintenance Group)

Description:

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Size:

440-feet (134 metres), 9500 tons

Sinking date:

October 20, 2001

Location:

Snake Island, Nanaimo.
Co-ordinates:  49º 12.88' N, 123º 53.067' W

Motto:

"Chance changes not our race"

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This is a Local Dive

  • She sits upright with a slight list to Starboard

  • She sits upright with a slight list to Sarboard

  • Crows Nest 40’

  • Top or Funnel 50’

  • Captians Quarters 85’

  • Main Deck 100’

  • Engine Room 142’

  • Keel on the Bottom  145’


The Riv Tow Lion

Soon to come this will be a perfect novice or foul weather dive it will be sunk in the sheltered waters of Departure Bay.  All the rest of the wrecks in the area can be arranged as a Custom Charter as follows

The GB Church

Description:

Coastal Freighter, built 1943 in Goole, England

This was BC's First Artificial Reef!

Size:

175 feet (53 metres)

Sinking date:

August 11, 1991

Location:

Portland Island, near Sidney
Co-ordinates: 48º 43.323' N, 123º 21.339' W

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The Chaudière: DDE 235 Destoyer Escort

Description: Restigouche-class Destroyer Escort

Size: 366-feet (111 metres), 2900 tons
Sinking date: December 5, 1992
Location: Kunechin Point, Porpoise Bay, Sechelt
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Motto: "Fortune smiles on the Brave"

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