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Dive #377 · Monday, 16 July 2018

Le Ferrando

Porquerolles, Hyères, Var The Var coast and the Îles d'Hyères

wreckboat

Max depth
26.1 m
Avg depth
17.4 m
Bottom time
46 min
Water
19 °C
SAC
19.0 l/min24 L · 210→110 bar
Surface
24 °C

Kit

Gas
Nitrox 32 · measured 32.8 %
Cylinder
D12
Pressure
210 → 110 bar
Mode
Open circuit

Where

Le Ferrando

wreck

An English collier rammed and sunk by a French cruiser in the middle of a fleet exercise in 1893 — everyone aboard was saved, and her coal is still spread out on the sand.

Dive 1 of 2 here · first 2018 · last Jul 2018

On the map

Le Ferrando

No route marked

Ferrando wreckage, about 80 x 20 mStern with the rudder still in place↓26 mHull frames, still curved↓24 mSuperstructure collapsed to starboard↓23 mCoal cargo on the sand, port side↓26 mCoal cargo on the sand, starboard side↓26 mBow gone; nets and cables↓26 mN10 m
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First dive in France. A decent wreck that has already decayed a lot; you have to work to recognise structures. The rudder was still recognisable and a few masts too. Lots of growth and life; saw a number of morays and lobsters.

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