RMS Rhone

310-foot Royal Mail Steamer launched in 1865 and torn apart on Black Rock Point during the San Narciso Hurricane of October 1867, killing 123. She lies in two sections off Salt Island: the bow rests on its starboard side in 24–26 m with the bowsprit, foremast and open cargo holds large enough to swim through, while the stern lies broken in 6–15 m around the bronze propeller and condenser. Iron ribs are encrusted with orange cup coral, sponges and gorgonians. Hawksbill turtles, nurse sharks, big southern stingrays, green moray eels, schools of horse eye jacks and resident barracuda work the structure. Featured in Peter Benchley's 1977 film The Deep, the wreck became the BVI's first National Marine Park in 1980 and is widely cited as the Caribbean's best recreational wreck dive.