The Wychwood - Shipwreck Diving Bermuda
The Wychwood was an English freighter built in 1950 at the Sunderland shipyard in England. She was a little more than 300 feet long, 45 feet across the beam, and she displaced some 2,500 tons. On the evening of August 11th, 1955, while on the way from Nova Scotia to Trinidad, she ran aground on the reef 10 miles off shore from the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse. She was pulled off the reef by the United States Navy and taken under tow stern first. Her steering gear had been damaged by the rocks. She’d sprung her plates and was taking on water, but her pumps seemed to be handling the situation quite well. On August 13th, with the approach of hurricane Diana, her crew put her at anchor off Five Fathom’s Hole and left her to ride out the storm on her own. On August 10th, her pumps were no longer able to cope with rising water and she sank. Later, she was deemed a hazard to navigation and was blown up. Today, the remains lie scattered across the sea bed in 50 to 60 feet of water.
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