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New Dawn


New Dawn
 
New Dawn  
Dive Category Wreck
Dive Type Band 40
Max. depth: 33 (M)
Trip Time: 4H :00M

Minimum number of divers: 6

Max Depth - 33m
Tonnage - 93
Length - 86 feet
Date sunk - 23 Mar 1918
Type of vessel - Steam drifter
How sunk - Mined
Former names - None
Wreck height - 3m

While on minesweeping duties when she spotted a new unreported minefield laid by UC-17. The New Dawn struck a mine about the stern then immediately afterwards amidships.

The wreck lies quite broken and not much is left of her. Her boiler being the highest part.