Modavia Wreck Dive in Lyme Bay
Dive Site Name: Modavia Dive Type: Wreck Dive
Max Depth Seabed: 55m Depth to top of Wreck:
Approximate Position: 50 24 41N 03 01 91W
Tonnage: 4858tonnes Length: 117m Beam: 16m Cargo: Aluminium, Zink, Copper
Date Lost: 27.02.1943 How Lost: Torpedoed UB 104
Minimum Qualification: PADI Tec Trimix / Technical Diver (Or Equivilent)
The Modavia was on her way to Southampton transporting a cargo of aluminium ingots and tubing, ingots of zinc and copper wire when she was torpedoed and sank. She is lying on her starboard side.