Wrecks

7 Skies wreck
One of the worlds first real supertankers, the 90000 ton, 262 meter long Swedish-built Seven Skies is another classic Asian dive site. In 1969, she suffered an explosion and sank east of Tioman Island, not far from Anambas Islands (Indonesia). She rests perfectly upright in 64 meters of water and the entire superstructure is intact, but tanker section has collapsed. As you descend, you will find the top of the funnel at 18-20 meters, the bridge and superstructure at 30 meters, and then various decks and structures to explore down to the main deck level at 45 meters. Main attractions include the bridge, the pool, the explosion damage and many easy swimthroughs and penetrations. Visibility is usually very good up 20 meters and can be up to 50 meters. Plenty of large fish and coral makes it an interesting dive. Manta Rays have often been spotted. Almost the entire superstructure is accessible by recreational divers and the deeper parts inside and outside the hull there is plenty to explore for technical divers as well. 7 Skies is the best top diving wreck in Asia.

HMS Repulse

British Battle Cruiser HMS Repulse is one of the biggest and most interesting world war II wrecks anywhere in the world. At 242 meters in length, 36000 gross tons, 3 sets of 15" main guns and fully penetrable this is any wreck divers wet dream come true. She was sunk (together with Battleship HMS Prince of Wales) by Japanese torpedo bombers 10th december 1941 and now rests 50 nautical miles north of Tioman Island in 55 meters of water with the hull being accessible at 32 meters. Main attractions are the main 15" guns, 4" anti aircraft guns, conning tower, aircraft hangar, torpedo damage, entire bow lifted off the seabed, the 4 massive propellers (5m diameter) and plenty more. Marine life include massive schools of barracuda, cobia, snappers, batfish, jacks. Resident marble rays, a grandfather turtle, giant morays, massive groupers, blacktips, very large cobia. Occasional whalesharks, manta rays, eagle rays, marlin and dolphins.

British Tanker (Aur Tanker)
Situated close to Pulau Aur, the wreck is mystery and no one till now has been able to identify her.  Laying in 62m of water at the deepest point, and the deck is at 55m.  It is thought that she may have sunk due to a tank explosion based on the damage to the wreck.

Maritime Fidelity

• A Panamanian registered bulk carrier ship of the ‘Handymax’ class
• Built in 1984
• Crew 28 persons
• 4 cargo holds, 3 deck mounted lifting cranes
• Length 156.7m
• Beam 25.2m
• Draught 10.2m
• 40,900 tones
• Carrying 22000 tones of Muriate of Potash

Sank on 1/7/1999 after a collision with the tanker New Venture; all crew where recovered safely.

Due to the wreck being a hazard to other ships the bridge was removed by Salvors in early November 1999, as well as removal of 450 tons of fuel and the cutting of the Derrick and 3 deck cranes.

The main hull (marked by buoys) now sits approximately 50m from the Bridge; which is resting on a sandy bottom at about 44m. The bridge superstructure is relatively undamaged (accept for salvage works), the roof of the bridge section is approximately 37m.

*Information and pictures taken from various sources on the Internet.