Ennerdale Wreck

Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker, 211 meters long, lost on 1 June 1970 when she struck uncharted granite pinnacles off Mammelles Islet at 07:37 local time. With her engine room flooding and fuel oil pouring into the Indian Ocean, Royal Navy divers placed scuttling charges and helicopters lifted them clear seconds before detonation, sinking her on the spot to keep the slick off Mahé. The hull broke into large sections that lie in 24 to 30 meters across white sand, bow and stern still recognisable. Around the kingposts and inside the open holds you find resident giant moray eels, schools of oriental sweetlips and yellow snapper packed under overhangs, batfish drifting in pairs, eagle rays cruising past, and the occasional tawny nurse shark on the sand. The largest wreck in Seychelles waters.