SE> Some of the dive shops (like Capt'n Slate's) have
SE> scheduled trips to the Duane on certain days of the
SE> week. It's one of those wrecks that you've just
SE> "gotta do" the next time that you're down here.
SE> I've dove the site dozens of times and in all sorts
SE> of conditions, and it's still one of my favorite wreck
SE> dives.
The wreck that gets my rating of BANG! (Which means you should shoot yourself
if you miss this dive) is the HMS Rhone in the BVI. It's a 300 foot British
mail packet that was snapped in half during a hurricane in the 1870's. The
stern is in about 45' and the bow is in 80' with miscellaneous debris
(boilers, cannon, etc.) scattered between.
It's on a sandy bottom so even the view from snorkle level leaves you
dumbstruck at the force that could snap a vessel in half.
-bry
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