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Corinthian.

The Corinthian is a small tugboat, around 18 m long, that sits upright and largely intact on a sandy seabed. A reef lies alongside the wreck, so the wreck and reef can be dived together on one dive. The hull carries soft coral and black coral growth.

Where · St Kitts Type · wreck Depth · 11–21 m Logged · 82 dives, 2 Oct 2003 – 1 Oct 2004
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01 / The dive

What's down there.

POINTS OF INTEREST
  • Intact tug sitting upright on sand
  • Propeller
  • Adjacent reef that can be combined on the same dive
  • Black coral and long strands of soft coral
MARINE LIFE
  • Garden eels
  • Stingrays
  • Flounders
  • Large clams
  • Black coral
  • Mackerel
  • Parrotfish
DEPTH & CONDITIONS

Wreck sits on sand at about 20 m (sources give 60–70 ft); the adjacent reef tops out at about 11–12 m.

Sheltered wreck and reef dive on a sandy bottom. Described as suitable for both experienced and newer divers.

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02 / History

How it got there.

A tugboat that went down in 1995. Dive Training Magazine (2019) states it was intentionally sunk in 1995; Pro-Divers St Kitts states that nothing is known of the wreck's history. No exact date of sinking was found.

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03 / Logged here

82 dives.

From the reconstructed log — the dates follow the pattern I dived, so read them as representative rather than exact.

2003 22
2004 60

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