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Earl of Shaftesbury
Hikkaduwa, Southern Sri Lanka, Sri LankaAbout this dive site
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One of our oldest wrecks this ship dates from the 1820s, a steel 4 mast sailing ship it sank ollowing a fire on board. It is lying on a sandy bottom, very interesting wreck. You can see some special native sweetlips and stingrays, groups of silver batfish and schools of Fosters barracuda.
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Unfortunately viability was about 5m the day I dived this wreck. However it is in reasonable shape with the masts still very visible. Lots of schools of fish especially Fosters Barracuda. I dived with Blue Deep Diving Center an excellent Dive shop with great service, good equipment and good prices.