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Join Jack Ingle this November on his Malta wreck & tech expedition weeks
Places on Jack Ingle’s Malta expeditions are some of the hottest dive tickets in town. With extra dates released for November 2018, if you’re interested in wreck and technical diving, be quick to reserve your place as spaces are limited.
Choose from three weeks in November:
- Week 1 – 30th October to 5th November
- Week 2 – 5th to 11th November
- Week 3 – 11th to 17th November
The diving in Malta is stunning with excellent visibility and fabulous wrecks. The dives are all around the 40 to 70 metre range with some excellent WW1 and WW2 wrecks.
The expedition will cost £780 per diver, which includes five days boat diving (from a Technical Dive Boat with Divers lift), self catering accommodation (high quality apartments), group vehicle hire, transfers to and from airport and dive sites, air and hire of twinsets (or Rebreather cylinders). There will also be a deco station with support Diver and back up gas on the line. Nitrox, Helium and stage Deco cylinders are available but not included in the overall price.
Flights are available to Malta at around £180. Flight details and how to book them will be sent to you once your place has been confirmed.
The actual dives planned will be arranged around the group of divers and will be dependent on their wishes, qualifications and experience. All divers must be a minimum of Dive Leader, Dive master or equivalent. Some of the sites available are listed below but there are many more:
Le Polynesienne: This wreck was a French liner. Length 156 metres powered by a steam engine from 12 coal boilers giving her a cruising speed of 17 knots. She was hit by a torpedo from a German U boat in 1918 and lays in 60 metres of water. This is a stunning wreck and one you will want to visit more than once.
HMS Stubborn: This is a British Submarine P238 (S class), built in 1942 and is 66 metres long, she is sitting in 56 metres of water at a 10 degree list. Her armaments were 7 torpedo tubes, a 3 inch gun on the fore deck and one 20mm machine gun behind the conning tower. She carried a crew of 44 men and was scuttled at the end of the war.
HMS Southwold: This is a Hunt Class Destroyer and is 86 metres in length. The Southwold was escorting other vessels when she struck a mine (1942), was taking in tow to Malta but sank before making the safe haven. She sits in 70 metres on her starboard side. She has two sections and needs more than one dive to visit both Bow and Stern.
Schnell Boat: German MTB boat, intact wreck, 2WW, torpedoes still in tubes, great dive, 70 metres.
Other Sites: This area is littered with many wrecks, mainly from the WW2 era including Hellespont, HMS St Angelo, Imperial Eagle, HM Drifter Eddy, El Faroud and many more.
To book your place or to find out more information please contact Jack Ingle on telephone: 020 86506089 mobile: 07759404891 or e-mail: Jack@jackingle.co.uk
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