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Scuba Diving in Scapa Flow, Scotland, UK, Europe
Dive Site: F2 (& YC21 Barge)
Location: 58°50.46N; 03°11.30W
Description: WWII Escort vessel
Length: 82 metres (270 feet)
Depth: 14 - 17 metres (46 - 56 feet)
Visibility: 15 metres (50 feet)
Rating: ****
The F2 and its accompanying barge sank together in 1946. This makes a very pretty, ideal second dive after doing on of the deeper dives in the fleet. There is a lot of sea life including some very friendly wrasse. The barge itself is not that interesting, it is small with only one compartment to look in. The rope at the end of it leads a few metres on to the bigger and better wreck of the F2. This has three main chambers that you can enter. There is a gun barrel and some other holes to rummage around in, plus plenty of debris littering the surrounding seabed. |
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This makes for an interesting second dive. The F2 which is upright in just 17m is very broken up amidships and towards the stern. Care is required as there are many jagged pieces of hull waiting to puncture your dry suit, as I found out! The F2 is linked with a rope of some 25m to a wooden barge, which if you look carefully you can find a couple of the guns that were originally salvaged (from the F2) prior to their sinking. Good Dive.
Richard Nokes, BSAC Open Water Instructor
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