On October 22nd 1707, some 4 years after "The Great Storm", a squadron of ships commanded by Sir Clowdisley Shovell sailed straight into the Scilly Isles in a storm. One of the greatest maritime disasters of all time is being commemorated on Scilly Isles. Four man-o-war were lost, the biggest of which was the Association with 90 guns, a second rate of the line. These are known as the Association wrecks, as the flagship was HMS Association. The three others were the Eagle, Firebrand and Romney. Wrecked in various parts of the Scilly Isles they have been heavily salvaged back in the 1970's and are protected wrecks. The disaster led Parliament to look for a solution to the problem of longitude, solved in 1772.

• HMS Association- Wrecked 22/10/1707 She was part of Sir Cloudesley Shovell's English Fleet that took part in the seige of Toulon and ran aground on the Gilstone Ledges near Bishop Rock - with others - after they mistook Scilly for the mouth of the English Channel.
• HMS Eagle - Depth 4-30m. As above
• HMS Romney - As above
• HMS Firebrand - Depth 8-25m. As above.
• Cita - Sank 26th March 1997, master Jerzey Wojtkow, a feeder container ship of 3,083-tons gross, from Southampton to Belfast with a general cargo drove ashore at full speed on a reef of rocks at Porth Hellick.
• King Cadwollan - sank 22nd July 1906 , master George Mowat, a Glasgow steamship of 3,275-tonnes gross, BArry to Naples with 5,043 tons of coal and a crew of27, struck Hard Lewis in fog and became a total loss. Her crew escaped in a their own boats and reached St.Mary's.
• The Mando - Sank 21st January 1955, master Syras Svoronoss, a Panamanian motor vessel, built as a US. Liberty ship Stepas Darius, carrying 9,000 tons of coal from Hampton Roads to Rotterdam, struck on Golden Ball Bar at 8:30pm in fog after suffering an engine breakdwon when 120 miles west of Scilly.
• The Plymton and Hathor - Sank 14th August 1909, master A.Stewart, a London steamship of 2,869-tons gross, Rosario via Falmouth for Dublin with maize, struck the Lethegus Reef at 8am in dense fog. Her 23 crew and one passenger landed by boat on St.Agnes. That afternoon, whilst several islanders were on board engaged in the traditional pastime of 'wrecking', she suddenley slipped off the rocks without warning, turned over and partially sank, drowning Charles Hicks and Charles Mumford. Some of her cargo was saved before she dissapeared. 
• The Italia - Sank 13th May 1917, master C.Aicario, an Italian steamer of Spezia, 2,792-tons gross, built as the Gulf of Florida, coal laden from Cardiff to Taranto, which went ashore on the Wingletang Legge in fog at 3.30pm. A girl on St.Agnes was the only witness to the wreck, but by the time she called others to the scene it had already gone down in deep water. The 23 crew landed on the island, but non of them spoke English and none of the islanders Italian, so the vessels identity remained unknown in the islands until after the war. Her 60mm stern gun was salvaged in 1964, her bell in 1976, which bore her original name still, and date of building, 1891.
• and many more, all dives here are in the 15-45m range.

• Gilstone Reef - 8-23m. Pinnacle with a dense plastering of closed orange & yellow plumose anemones.
• Tortoise Rock - 17-70m. Pinnacle with vertical walls, big drop offs, tons of marine life, unpredictable currents, and a deeper profile
• Trenemene Reef - 0-40m. Wall Dive with granite outcrops sitting vertically to 6-10m above the surface then vertically below the water line as a shear drop to 40m. Seals can be spotted at a 15m shelf.

• Saturday 5th May - Board Loyal Watcher in Plymouth from 4pm onwards NO EARLIER. Plymouth Yacht Haven Marina, Shaw way, Mount Batten, Plymouth, PL9 9XH. The boat mobile number is 07967 020569 please call on arrival for gate code. Free carparking is on site and you will be advised on arrival where to park. No evening meal provided first night - local pub recommended.
• Sunday 6th May - Leave early morning 1 dive then 10hrs motoring to Isle of Scilly.
• Monday 7th May - Dive, eat, sleep, dive, eat, sleep, eat, sleep
• Tuesday 8th May - Dive, eat, sleep, dive, eat, sleep, eat, sleep
• Wednesday 9th May- Dive, eat, sleep, dive, eat, sleep, eat, sleep
• Thursday 10th May - Dive, eat, sleep, motor towards Falmouth for 2nd dive en-route dive, eat, sleep, eat, sleep
• Friday 11th May - Leave early from Falmouth for 2 dives en-route to Plymouth. disembark at Plymouth around 3pm.

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