SCUBA ITALY 5 Great Wreck Dives

Italy is a great place to SCUBA dive during your vacation,  What it lacks in coral reef and tropical fish, Italy makes up with some great wreck dives and the after diving food and wine.  Here are 5 great wreck dives you should not miss.

SS Bengasi

Lying in deep water near the island of Cavoli, close to the coastal resort of Villasimius in south-eastern Sardinia is the SS Bengasi, an Italian steamship that was sunk by a British submarine, HMS Truant, on May 6, 1941. The SS Bengasi was carrying a shipment of glasses, bottles and other glass products and is famous among divers for its unusual consignment. At a depth of some 90 metres it is a technically demanding dive site and only for the very experienced.

HMS Quail

In the Gulf of Taranto lies the HMS Quail a Q class destroyer of the Royal Navy. After striking a mine in 1944 in the Adriatic she was being towed to Malta for repairs but she capsized and sank en route. She was discovered in 2002 by an Italian diver team led by Claudia Serpieri and lies at a depth of 90 metres.



HMS Regent

Known as the HMS Regent, it is in fact, a small Italian submarine, which struck mine north of Barletta, Puglia, after a raid on an Italian convoy, all hands were killed. It lies at a depth of 30-35 metres making it accessible to any diver that has completed a deep diving course. Due to the submarine being in active service when it was sunk, divers are asked to leave everything “as it is” as the wreck was and still is a war grave.

 
Attilio Deffenu

The Italian MS Attilio Deffenu was an auxiliary cruiser who was transporting to Greece when she was torpedoed and sunk by a British submarine HMS Trasher near Brindisi in 1941. At a depth of only 30 metres the boat is in very good condition and the surrounding terrain is sandy and easy-going.

Attilio Deffenu

Milford Haven tanker

The biggest Wreck in the Mediterranean Sea, supertanker Amoco Milford haven sunk the in 1991, she was 335m-long, 52m-wide, with a maximum capacity of 230000 tonnes. On April 11, 1991, the Haven was anchored off Genova Multedo harbour: an explosion

After three days and a series of explosions, the Haven sunk on April 14. The wreck lies in perfect navigation trim on a sandy bottom at a depth of -85m, but the upper part of the structure reaches -32m: the funnel has been dismantled because it was dangerous for navigation.

USS Haven

Many of the dives listed are Advanced dives, be sure you are properly equiped and trained to do these dives.