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LIGHTFOOT (POSSIBLY)

The Lightfoot, or what we believe is the Lightfoot, offers some proper historical diving. It’s a steamship, sunk in 1918, and lies in a respectable 25 metres. We love dropping onto her in that quiet period when the tide just starts to turn, before the current really picks up. You can spend a good chunk of time exploring her two large boilers, they stand proud from the seabed, and the triple expansion engine. It’s a sturdy wreck, built in Sunderland, and you get that sense of industrial strength even now. There’s a real sense of history here, imagining the London-bound journey that ended off the Cornish coast. We often find plenty of dogfish tucked away in the shadows and lobsters peeking out from under plates of twisted metal. For divers who appreciate a substantial wreck and are comfortable with potentially strong currents, this is a belter. Just make sure your dive brief covers the local tidal movements, because she can be a lively one.