Wrecks & dive sites

45 wrecks and 7 reef sites and guides. Wrecks marked "Certificate wreck" were part of Bermuda's former Shipwreck Certificate programme for visiting divers.

The Airplane (KB-50J tanker)

1963 · 21-25 ft (6-8 m) · West End / south-west reefs, near the Caesar and North Carolina

Alert

1877 · about 40 ft (12 m) (unconfirmed) · Northern reefs

Apollo

1890 · about 20 ft (6 m) (unconfirmed) · South Shore, near Hungry Bay (unconfirmed)

Beaumaris Castle

1873 · 25-40 ft (8-12 m) · East End, Mills Breaker (shares the reef with the Colonel William G. Ball)

WreckCertificate wreck

Blanche King

1920 · 35 ft (11 m) · South-west reefs, near Chub Heads beacon (West End)

Caesar

1818 · 25-35 ft (8-11 m) · West End / south-west reefs, near the Airplane

WreckCertificate wreck

Caraquet

1923 · 25-45 ft (8-14 m) · Northern barrier reef, about 16 km north-west of Fort St Catherine

Colonel William G. Ball

1943 · 15-26 ft (5-8 m) · East End, Mills Breaker (beside the Beaumaris Castle)

WreckCertificate wreck

Constellation

1943 · 25-35 ft (8-11 m) · North-west reefs, Western Blue Cut, beside the Montana (about 4 miles NNW of Daniel's Head)

WreckCertificate wreck

Cristóbal Colón

1936 · 15-60 ft (5-18 m) · Northern barrier reef, east of North Rock

Curlew

1856 · 15-35 ft (5-11 m) · Northern reefs, about a mile east of North Rock

WreckCertificate wreck

Darlington

1886 · 16-30 ft (5-9 m); boilers almost reach the surface · Western reefs, off the West End (Sandys)

The Dry Dock

1968 · about 60 ft (18 m) · Off the Royal Naval Dockyard, Ireland Island (West End)

Early Riser

Fossil Wreck

Western reefs, near L'Herminie (off the West End)

Frenchman Wreck

Grotto Bay Barges

about 15 ft (5 m) (unconfirmed) · Grotto Bay, Hamilton Parish

WreckCertificate wreck

Hermes

1984 · 75-80 ft (23-24 m); wheelhouse at about 45 ft · South Shore, about 1 mile off Warwick Long Bay / Horseshoe Bay

WreckCertificate wreck

Iristo

1937 · 50-55 ft (15-17 m); bow rises to about 18 ft · North-east reefs, about 1 mile east of North East Breaker

Kate

1878 · 45 ft (14 m); propeller on the reef at about 20 ft · South Shore, off Natural Arches / Tucker's Town (East End)

Kevin's Wreck (Gleana)

1900 · under 50 ft; wreck itself about 30 ft (9 m) · South Shore, Southampton - south of Cross Bay, a few hundred metres east of the Virginia Merchant

The King

1984 · about 60-65 ft (18-20 m) · South Shore, about half a mile off Southampton (near the Forceful)

King George (the Dredge)

1930 · about 60 ft (18 m) · North Lagoon, inside North Rock

WreckCertificate wreck

L'Herminie

1838 · 25-35 ft (8-11 m) · West End, north-western reefs, about 4 miles west of Ireland Island

WreckCertificate wreck

Lartington

1879 · 15-35 ft (5-11 m) · North-west reefs, near Western Blue Cut (beside the Montana and Constellation)

Lord Amherst

1778 · about 20 ft (6 m) · Western reefs, just south of L'Herminie

WreckCertificate wreck

Madiana

1903 · about 25 ft (8 m) · North reefs, near the Caraquet (North Rock area)

Manilla Wreck

1753 · 10-15 ft (3-5 m) · North East Breakers, north-east reefs

Mark Antonio

1777 · about 20 ft (6 m)

WreckCertificate wreck

Mary Celestia

1864 · 55-60 ft (17-18 m) · South Shore, about 1 km south of Gibbs Hill Lighthouse (Southampton)

Minerva

1795 · Possibly the Ely's Harbour area, West End (unconfirmed)

WreckCertificate wreck

Minnie Breslauer

1873 · 35-70 ft (11-21 m) · South Shore, about 1 mile off Horseshoe Bay

WreckCertificate wreck

Montana

1863 · 20-30 ft (6-9 m) · North-west reefs, Western Blue Cut (with the Constellation and Lartington)

WreckCertificate wreck

North Carolina

1880 · 25-45 ft (8-14 m) · Western reefs, south-west of the island (about 8 miles west of Gibbs Hill)

HMS Pallas

1783 · Unknown

WreckCertificate wreck

Pelinaion

1940 · 20-70 ft (6-21 m); bow ~30 ft, stern ~65-70 ft · East End, off St. David's Head

WreckCertificate wreck

Pollockshields

1915 · 15-40 ft (5-12 m) · South Shore, off Elbow Beach (Paget)

Richard P. Buck

1889 · Unknown

Rita Zovetto

1924 · 20-70 ft (6-21 m) · East End, off St. David's Head

San Pedro

1594 · about 30 ft (9 m) · Outer reefs, north of the main island (exact site not published)

WreckCertificate wreck

Taunton

1920 · 10-40 ft (3-12 m), average about 20 ft · North-east reefs, North East Breaker

Virginia Merchant

1661 · 12-45 ft (4-14 m) · South Shore, off Sonesta Beach (Southampton), by Sandy Hole

HMS Vixen

1896 · about 33 ft (10 m); bow breaks the surface · West End, off Daniel's Head, Somerset (Chubb Cut)

Warwick

1619 · Castle Harbour, East End

WreckCertificate wreck

Xing Da

1997 · about 95-105 ft (29-32 m); mast ~35 ft, deck ~65 ft · North-west reefs, Eastern Blue Cut, about six miles off Dockyard

Blue Hole (Eastern Blue Cut)

Surface to 55 ft (17 m) · North-west reefs, at the outer end of Eastern Blue Cut

Eastern Blue Cut

Snorkel depth to about 60 ft (18 m) on the sand · North-west reefs, off the West End

Hangover Hole

10-45 ft (3-14 m); some operators quote up to 55 ft · South Shore, Southampton (near the Gleana / Kevin's Wreck)

North East Breaker

North-east reefs, outer reef line

North Rock

3-30 ft (1-9 m) · Northern edge of the reef platform, about 10 miles north-west of St David's

Reef dives

6-55 ft (2-17 m) depending on site · All round the island - South Shore, North and North-west reefs, East End

South West Breaker

20-35 ft (6-11 m), average ~28 ft · South Shore, well offshore of Church Bay (Southampton)

Stamp and Shipwreck Certificate images courtesy of the Government of Bermuda.