Depth : 36-50m
Some 26 miles off shore lay the great wreck of the Moldavia . A 9,505-ton liner, the Moldavia was the first of the famous P&O “M” series of passenger liners and at 521 foot long she is a huge ship and boasts over 1,000 portholes. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty during the First World War and converted into a troopship. In May 1918 she became the victim of a single torpedo fired from the German sub UB57 which, incidentally, would go on to sink another great liner, the Kyarra, just three days later. Today she lies on her port side in a general depth of around 50 metres of water with her highest point (the stern) at around 36 metres. Visibility is often so good that sitting on the stern you can see almost a third of the wreck. The most visually haunting sight on the wreck is the huge bow section, which remains completely intact with both of her massive twin-fluted anchors still held snugly in their hawse pipes. In the midships area the superstructure has collapsed downwards, although on her uppermost starboard side, mooring cleats and bollards can still be made out. At the end of the collapsed section the hull regains its shape. One of the most striking features in this area is her uppermost starboard 6-inch gun, the barrel of which points defiantly up towards the distant surface. Around the stern there is still plenty of decking in place and walkways to explore, her massive rudder still sits in place although sadly her huge twin props have been salvaged. “Simply a must do dive … book it now.”
