I have done numerous dives in French waters off the Normandy coast. These have mainly been in the area between Fécamp in the east to Arromanches in the west. Diving has been from a live aboard charter vessel operating out from the British south coast. The area is littered with wrecks from both world wars. Visibility has generally been very good, often approaching 10 metres at times. Mid English channel dives are even better with visibilities of 15 metres.
S.T.Computator. Steam trawler sunk January 1945 after colliding with the British destroyer HMS Vanoc. Lies in 38 metres, 4 metres high and intact.
HMS Eden. British destroyer, sunk1916. 35 metres. Lies on its side.
Grief. German torpedo boat, sank 1944. 25 metres.
Hussar. Minesweeper lost 1944. 39 metres, 4 metres high.
HMHS Lanfranc. Mid English channel. Probably the best wreck that I have dived in British waters. Was a liner being used as a hospital ship when torpedoed and sunk in April 1917. Wreck is in 55 metres, top at 42 metres. Completely open, brass portholes and crockery everywhere.
Susan B. Anthony. American steamship, mined and sunk June 1944. Intact and is 5 metres high in 26 metres.
S.S. Dulwich. Steamship, sank 1915 after being torpedoed. 36 metres.
Unknown steamship. Large steamship, brass everywhere. Top at 32 metres in 40 metres. Stands upright.
Brittomart. Minesweeper, lieing in 35 metres. A ship's telegraph was seen on this wreck.
Duke of Buccleugh. Steamer sunk in 1889 after a collision. This wreck is more correctly off the Sussex coast, but has been visited en-route from France. It lies in 60m top at 56m. Stuffed full of glass and china.