Bianca C — The Titanic of the Caribbean

The Bianca C is the largest diveable shipwreck in the Caribbean — a 180-metre Italian Costa Line ocean liner that caught fire and sank in October 1961 after an explosion in her boiler room while anchored off St. George's. She lies upright on sand with her bow at 27 metres and her stern at 50 metres, her hull split amidships during Hurricane Lenny in 1992. The superstructure is now a hanging garden of black coral, gorgonians, and massive encrusting sponges, with the swimming pool deck, promenade, and bridge all penetrable by experienced divers. Eagle rays, horse-eye jacks, and great barracuda patrol the hull constantly; Caribbean reef sharks rest on the sandy bottom beneath the stern. Goliath grouper have colonised the engine room and appear year-round. The Times ranked this one of the world's top ten wreck dives.