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GOSEI MARU
A smaller vessel at 272 ft,1931 tons, a costal cargo vessel, Lying bow down, with her stern just
below the surface, his wreck make a great second or third dive. Huge torpedoes lie in her forward
holds with the masts reaching out, still in place. He raised fo’c’sle is accessible and lies in 27 mtrs of
water. The main superstructure has collapsed due to the attitude of the wreck and bomb damage,
but it is her engine room which holds the greater interest. She’s an old vessel-born out by her triple
expansion engine which is uncased and its easy to see her big ends conrods and reversing gears as
well as the pressure chambers
Her prop and rudder are covered in vast coral growth and many reef fishes thrive here. The hull has
many hard coral blocks and these have their own population of fish.
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