SS.STCHAMOND

SS. ST.CHAMOND

50 14 818N / 05 29 951W

KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'THE TRAIN WRECK' BECAUSE SHE WAS CARRYING FIVE 75tonne STEAM TRAINS AS DECK CARGO. THE ST.CHAMOND WAS TORPEDOED ON THE 30th APRIL 1918 TWO MILES NORTH OF ST.IVES, BY THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U-60. BEING 95m LONG AND 3077tonns SHE NOW LIES IN A GENERAL DEPTH OF 30m. THE SITE CAN BE SUBJECT TO STRONG TIDES AND GROUND SWELL AND SHOULD ONLY BE DIVED AT SLACK, WHICH IS AT HIGH/LOW TIDE NEWQUAY. SHE IS OFTEN BUOYED WHICH WILL ONLY SHOW AT SLACK, OTHERWISE IT'S DRAGGED UNDER (DO NOT! MOOR TO THIS BUOY). THE BEST PLACE TO LAUNCH IS HAYLE SLIP (4.5 miles FROM SITE) WHICH HAS FREE LAUNCHING AND CAR PARKING BUT YOU CAN ONLY LAUNCH TWO HOURS EITHER SIDE OF HIGH WATER. HAYLE ESTUARY HAS SOME VERY DANGEROUS SAND BARS SO PROCEED WITH CAUTION.


	(128) ANCHOR Bow anchor
	(129) RAY ON THE ST.CHAMOND Broken up train amidships
	(130) TRAIN WRECK Intact train foredeck
	ST.CHAMOND 1 Train foredeck
	ST.CHAMOND 2 Boiler amidships south of main wreckage
	ST.CHAMOND 3 Train/tender? amidships
	ST.CHAMOND 4 Heading from amidships (photo 129) south to boiler (photo st.chamond 2)
	ST.CHAMOND 5 Small tender north of the stern
	ST.CHAMOND 6 Top eyelet and anchor tube of bow anchor
	ST.CHAMOND 7 Train amidships
	ST.CHAMOND 8 Debree field stern of wreck