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Diving at dive site Aparima

Name Dive Site:Aparima
Depth: 101-137ft (31-42m)
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The Aparima was a luxury cargo and passenger liner and now lies on the seabed at a depth of 42m with its bow at 31m below the surface. The vessel is broken with the centre section upright and the forward section listing to starboard. She measured 430ft long and 54ft wide, with a height of nearly 40ft and a gross weight of 5,704 tons. She was torpedoed by a German submarine while sailing from London to Barry on 19th November 1917.



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