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The undersea world that surrounds our Islands is amongst the most diverse on the planet. Our temperate waters play host to a wonderful array of marine animals and fauna. There is a tremendous amount of variety and colour, we have wrecks, reefs and wildlife in abundance. Diving in the United Kingdom can be challenging, it can be cold and visibility is not always the best and yet, every week, in virtually every corner of these Islands thousands of divers plunge into a submarine world of endless wonder and limitless choice.
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The Balzac
The Balzac was one of many vessels that met their final fate at the hands of German mines. She was a Norwegian steel motor vessel of 963 ton built by Odense Staalskibsvaerft and she left Sunderland on July 27 1940 with 1350 tons coal for Cowes in the Isle of Wight on her third such voyage which was to be her last.
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The Inverlane
During the second world war the north east of England received a lot of attention from the Luftwaffe. Many targets such as industrial giants Vickers Armstrong and Hunters Shipyards were high on the hit list and the industrial areas of the Tyne, Tees and Wear were easy targets for the German bombers.
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