MidSurrey

Stern

                                                         Link to some footage of MidSurrey

Sinking

Unknown Blocks -near George B Balfour

 

Another one of those ships carrying stone blocks to London, maybe! There are a few about and for the most part, impossible to identify.

It was suggested that the steel mast may have washed up next to the blocks from the George B Balfour, as It's only about 800m away, as the ship transporting the blocks would undoubtably have been wood.

It's a dark and not very nice dive.

N50 42 675 E 00 10 416

Link to stone blocks

Sanfoin

On Thursday, 18th February 1904, the barque—or possibly barge—named Mabel Maud from Rochester, captained by Smith, was en route from London to Chichester. Following a brief stop at Newhaven, it departed in the morning but swiftly returned to Newhaven with the crew of the fishing lugger Sanfoin, S41, owned by Captain E. Gillam of Shoreham.

The Sanfoin had collided with the Mabel Maud and sank at 10:15, approximately three miles west of the harbour and about two miles off Portobello. The Sanfoin's three-man crew managed to board the Mabel Maud before their vessel went down. The Mabel Maud incurred only minor damage.

Although the Shipwreck Index records the 'Sanfoim' (sic) as having sunk near Cuckmere, all reports indicate its sinking occurred to the west of Newhaven.

Sanfoin film

St Ronaig

 

Watch on YouTube

Nothing more than some scraps of metal left scattered about. They did a good job blowing it up!

AAA Diving Diary

Yeah I probably should have started a diary about 20 years ago but I didn't. I'll try and keep this updated..

The content on YouTube represents years of diving by myself, Jamie, and Magnum 

Mirion

Ahh, that'll be why I could never find any information on the yacht Marion. It was called Mirion!!

 

Resident Van Son

 Ship Aground near Seaford Head (Research 1860's Images): Identification of 1860's Stereoscopic Images of Shipwreck off Seaford Cliffs