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Dive #415 · Sunday, 7 July 2019

Le Rubis

Cap Camarat, Ramatuelle, Var The Var coast and the Îles d'Hyères

wreckdecoboat

Max depth
38.4 m
Avg depth
20.7 m
Bottom time
44 min
Water
16 °C
SAC
16.0 l/min24 L · 200→110 bar
Surface
21 °C

Kit

Gas
Nitrox 24 · measured 24 %
Cylinder
D12
Pressure
200 → 110 bar
Mode
Open circuit

Where

Le Rubis

wreck

A Free French minelaying submarine with 22 ships to her name and the Ordre de la Libération on her conning tower, scuttled as a sonar target in 1958 and sitting upright at forty metres.

Dive 1 of 2 here · first 2019 · last Jul 2019

On the map

Le Rubis

No route marked

Rubis, Saphir-class minelayer, 66 x 7.1 mStern blown open, propellers gone↓40 mWide side decks with rail↓37 mMine-well hatches in the saddle tanks↓37 mConning tower, hatch open↓34 m75 mm gun mounting↓36 mDeck plating gone: air bottles, valves↓37 mForward hatch, half open↓37 mBow off the sand, towing cable; pass under the keel↓40 mN5 m
  • Wreck
  • Machinery
  • Other object
  • Wreck footprint
  • Depth

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Deco: 10 min @ 6 m for 22 min @ 36 m. Praise: a wreck that is still well intact. Lots of holes to look into; a moray, some hunting fish, a hermit crab. In 20 min you can see it all well. An average depth of 36 is on the tight side too, it was closer to 37. But a fine dive. Team comment: "Wise Buddy".

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