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After staying in St Mary's overnight we set off to dive the SS Italia off St Agnes where Scuba Dan hits the 63m mark on a Trimix fill he needed to use up and all the rest of us keep to more sensible depths and explore the wreck. 

Dave, Bennet and Simon.

Cat, Keith and Andy.

Dan and Kate. Cat.

The second dive on the Saturday is the Plympton and Hathor on Lethegus reef, St. Agnes, two wrecks in one! This is a classic Scillies wreck dive, and possibly unique world-wide as it features two wrecks piled one on top of the other! The first to sink was the 314ft, 2,869 tonnes Plympton in thick fog on 14 August 1909. She ran aground on the Lethegus reef and stayed above water until the next tide, while some hasty salvage was performed by the locals! She then turned over and sank with her keel uppermost. Eleven years later, exactly the same spot on the reef was the scene of a further loss, the 7,060 tonnes Hathor which had broken her tow some miles offshore in poor weather. She eventually sank on the mostly upright top of the Plympton, to create one of the most spectacular wreck dives here. The location also features good reefs on both sides of the wrecks. (c) UK Diving 

Pamela P.

Andy, Dan, Kate and Bennet.

Cat.
Bennet enjoying the comforts of the boat.

The first dive on the Sunday was The Cita a huge container ship that went down in 1997 after running aground since the First Officer who was in charge was asleep. This was a great dive for all of us with plenty to see.

Dan, Andy and Nathan all cope with the stress of diving in their own way.

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