UK Dive Trips
Destination: St Abbs
Date: see below
Duration: Friday evening to Sunday afternoon
Spaces: 12
Cost: £115
Includes: Accommodation, boat diving, bed and breakfast
Description: Join us diving on the UK's only voluntary marine reserve for 2 days of boat diving. Lots of critters, caves and more...
May 12th & 13th
September 29th & 30th
October 20th & 21st
Destination: Scapa Flow (The Diving Cellar - Stromness, Orkney) !! Only 3 places left for this trip now !!
Date: 23rd to 30th June
Duration: 7 nights
Spaces: 10
Cost: £495 + transport / ferry fees
Includes: Accommodation, 6 days boat diving, bed and breakfast
Description: Arriving on the Saturday, the first dive is on the Sunday. Enjoy the German High Seas fleet scuttled in 1919 - ranging in depth from 26 to 46 meters. Shallower dives at 5 - 20 meters are the block ships which are teaming with sea life. Swim with seals and look for relics during drift dives. Minimum level for this is Rescue Diver with Deep Specialty and UK diving experience.
Destination: Plymouth - James Eagan Lane & Scylla !! Only 4 places left for this trip now !!
Date: August 12th - 17th
Duration: Sunday to Friday
Spaces: 10
Cost: £375
Includes: Accommodation, boat diving, bed and breakfast
Description: The SS James Eagan Layne was a liberty ship sunk during the Second World War just off the coast of Plymouth in the UK.
She was built by the Delta Shipbuilding Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana in 1944 and was operated by the US Navigation Company, of New York . She was named after the second engineer of the Esso Baton Rouge, who was killed when the Esso Baton Rouge was sunk by Reinhard Hardegen 's U-123 on 8 April 1942.
The James Eagan Layne 's final voyage was to carry 4,500 tons of US Army Engineers equipment from Barry, Wales, to Ghent in Belgium. She also carried motorboats and lumber as deck cargo. She was sighted on 21 March 1945, sailing 12 miles off Plymouth by U-1195 , and torpedoed.She was badly damaged, but was taken in tow. She was beached in Whitsand Bay Cornwall, but subsequently settled on the bottom and was declared a total loss. There were no casualties amongst her crew of 69.
HMS Scylla (F71) was a Leander -class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built at Devonport Royal Dockyard and was the last RN frigate to be built at the Dockyard so far. Scylla was launched in August 1968 and commissioned in 1970. It was the start of a long and eventful career that ended with her sinking as an artificial reef in 2004.
A lot of work was done to ensure the ship was safe and easy to explore inside, and as expected, she has become a very popular dive site, situated some 40 minutes by boat from Plymouth. The bridge, rear helicopter bay and deck and the side passages are all visible. Additionally there are penetration dives possible.
In August 2006 a team of Marine biologists from the National Marine Aquarium and simulation experts from the University of Birmingham conducted a dive with a Videoray ROV onto the wreck of the Scylla . The dive lasted just over an hour, with the main purpose being to investigate the growth of marine life on the wreck and to collect data for a unique artificial life and serious game project, the Virtual Scylla addressing interactive educational tools for teaching climate change and ocean awareness.
This is trip is also to include 2 nights on the boat to watch the most anticipated event in Plymouth's annual events calendar which is the British Fireworks Championships
Overseas Dive Trips
As yet, we have not arranged an overseas club trip for 2012, we are currently looking into a trip to either Malta or Cape Verde - please check back for updates
Please contact gen@aboveandbelow.co.uk
