Chris Lowe, Atlantic Diver, 53 Ulalia Road, Newquay, Cornwall TR7 2PZ
Telephone: 01637 850 930 Mobile: 07860 927 833
Email: enquiries@atlanticdiver.co.uk

H.M.S. Vesuvius
H.M.S. Vesuvius was the first torpedeo boat built, but never actually used in anger, she was built with stealth in mind with the vents from her engine room being louvers in her side so that the enemy would not see the smoke from her stack she was expected to be a great deterrent. However unfortunately the louver system did not work according to plan and with the crew suffering the ill effects she was eventually given a stack. With the stealth idea well and truly blown she was relegated to a training ship and never used in anger and foundered while under tow, she now lies upright and almost totally intact in about 48m L/W, she is only 90ft long and is another excellent dive as she lies on pure white sand.

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