Pays de la Loire

Maine-et-Loire

France

Old uranium quarry


15 km from Cholet and 47 km from Nantes

Sèvremoine

Roussay

Old flooded stone quarry full of carps and playfull sturgeons.



La Roche Bleue is also known as Becon Les Granits.

La Roche Bleue

The Ville de Rochefort was sunk in 1933, hit by a british vessel. This cargo is 90m long. Two large anchors at the bow, a spare wheel on the front deck.

13.5 miles south of Pornichet, West of the tip of Noirmoutier Island.

Le Ville de Rochefort is also known as Ville de Buenos Aires.

Le Ville de Rochefort

Two large rocks. Bottom made of boulders full of corynactis anemons.

Just in front of the beach named Les Vieilles, southeast of Yeu Isalnd.

Ours des Vieilles

Coulé le 26 Février 1925.
Sur 19 hommes d'équipage, il ne restera que 5 survivants. Le canot de sauvetage de La Rochelle comprenant 8 hommes , il ne restera que 3 rescapés.
Lecture des cahiers de la mémoire N° 5 DE3 1981.
Groupement d'Etudes Rhétaises.

Le Bois Plage en Ré near La Rochelle

Cristina Rueda

The Ponton Bigue was a catamaran made for transatlantic cable repair. Vessel size is 38 m x 18 m.

Approx 12 nautical miles southeast of Yeu Island.

Ponton Bigue is also known as Armor 150.

Ponton Bigue

This is a old broken wreck. The best is to dive before summer cos the seaweeds grows and it's difficult to see the wreck.

The wheel is on the south side, not far from the rocks nearby. The prow is completely destroy, just near the cliff.

Take care !!! There are some detonnator on the wreck.

On the south coast. In front of la Coube de Basse-Grêle (50m from the coast).

Yusenquashia Maru is also known as Le Japonais.

Yusenquashia Maru

Le Gers 4 Mats coulé le 16 et 17 Janvier 1905.
Ex Cap - York.
Construit à Glasgow en 1890  2030tonneaux



Le Gers

Cargo de 80 mètres Néerlandais.
Transportait 2882 tonnes de sulfate de Baryum.
Coulé le 03 Fevrier 1988.
Equipage sauvé.



Le Nautilus

This 85m long greman steamer was torpeadoed august 4th, 1917.

7.5 miles W of Noirmoutier island.

The Cairnstrath wreck

The Sequana was built in Belfast in 1898.
This cargo left Dakar to Bordeaux with 665 pax.  It was torpedoed june 8th 1917 at 2:00 AM by the UC-72 german U-Boat submarine. 207 people died.

Vessel size:
- Length: 132 m
- Width: 16 m
- Displacement: 12.000 tons

5 miles south southeast of Yeu Island.

The Sequana wreck is also known as City of Corinth.

Roussay

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Roussay