Grenada Wrecks - Bianca C by ScubaTech

The Bianca C sank on the 24th October 1961 after an explosion in the boiler room 2 days before in the Port of St. Georges. All passengers could be rescued by locals. There were only 2 fatalities, one engineer who died immediately and one who died a day later in the hospital in Barbados. The fire caused by the explosion was so fierce that the water in the port started to boil and the metal of the ship was glowing red. A British war ship tried to tow the ship out of the port and beach it at the shallows of Point Saline. Unfortunately the rudder of the Bianca C jammed and the tow line snapped. She circled a couple of times and than she sank close to Wibbles Reef. Today 2/3 of the wreck sit upright on the sandy bottom at 52m/170ft. The stern part form the boiler room on lies on its starboard side. Even though the wreck collapsed a lot in the last couple of years she still makes a beautiful dive. You regularly see big schools of barracudas and jacks and occasionally some bull sharks and eagle rays.
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[DerVideoScout]

Great video! I'll come and visit Carriacou & Greneada in two weeks. We'll stay the second week at Lance Aux Epines Cottages right next to you. And shure I'll come diving with you. Maybe doing the AOWD at your spot. Regards, Andreas from Mannheim, Germany

[ScubaTechGrenada]

Hi Andreas, wir freuen uns auf Deinen Besuch! Ich bin ursprünglich aus Speyer und habe lange in ein Tauschule in Mannheim gearbeitet!

Liebe Grüße,

Jochen

[metacal]

this is good, i didn't know the day when it sank and im from greenz, thanx man,

p.s nice video