The Bianca ‘C’ – Famously known as The Titanic of the Caribbean. This 180m/600ft long Italian Cruise Liner was active from 1949-1961. For the latter part of her life she was owned by Costa Line Italy. On October 27th 1961, whilst on anchor outside St. Georges harbour, she caught fire from an explosion in the engine room. This explosion killed two members of crew which were to be the only fatalities. The Bianca ‘C’ started to sink, miraculously all passengers were spared as local fishing vessels came to assist in rescue efforts. A nearby British War ship came to the assistance, attached lines and attempted to tow her into deeper water on the Atlantic side of the Island. The effort failed and the warship released her lines one mile offshore, near point salines. Here she lies today in her watery grave in 52m/170ft covered in black coral trees and sponges, and patrolled by barracuda, rays, and occasional black tip, and bull sharks. Dive Master Notes
A negative decent is recommended for this dive site to allow for surface currents and depth, our crew will drop right onto the tip of the stern allowing divers to get the most pleasure of a stern to bow viewing. A third of the way down the ship, we can see the swimming pool (which incidentally remains full of water!) Followed by the smoke stack on the starboard side along this awe inspiring ship to the fore mast. It is possible to spend 13 to 14 minutes on the ship before running into decompression. To extend the bottom time of this dive, a short swim south brings us to Whibbles Reef. Due to depth this is for the AOW diver or a diver with documented proof of deep dives.
