SS Saganaga Wreck Dive, Newfoundland

The SS Saganaga off Bell Island, Newfoundland, was sunk as a result of a torpedo from a German submarine sneaking into Conception Bay during WW2. The ship was an English-built merchant ship designed to carry iron ore from the mines on Bell Island to their final destinations across Atlantic.

The Saganaga lies in around 30m of water and is around 120 m long. She features a stern gun, intact superstructures with plenty of swim-throughs, and the ship's anchor which, when the ship was hit by the torpedo, flew out of the water and landed on deck just behind the bridge.

The superstructure is located amidships and two massive cargo holds placed between the superstructure and bow/stern.

Saganaga went down on September 5, 1942, two months before Rose Castle and LPM-27 (see other videos), and on the same night as Lord Strathcona, struck by a torpedoes fired by German U-boat U-513.

Saganaga is one of the shallowest of the four wrecks we dived, with temperatures ranging from 5 deg. C on the bottom to 11 deg C near to the surface.

Filmed while diving with Ocean Quest (www.oceanquestadventures.com) using a Sont HC-7 camera in a Gates housing. Ambient light was used for most of the dive however a pair of Squid 250s were on hand to provide a little extra light when required.

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beautiful job, thanks