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VENEZUELA

The Venezuela, a steamer built in 1907, met its end off the Cornish coast in 1918. It’s a solid wreck at 26 metres, offering a proper sense of history down there. You often find the visibility is good, especially through late spring into early autumn, which really lets you appreciate the scale of it. We love dropping onto the bow and working our way back. The two large boilers are a real focal point, now covered in plumose anemones and dead man’s fingers. There’s usually a resident conger eel or two poking out from the bigger holes, and schools of bib dart around the superstructure. Our favourite part is exploring the deeper sections where the engine room once was; it's a bit more broken up but you get a real sense of the ship’s guts. It’s a dive that suits those comfortable with deeper wrecks and a bit of current, which can sometimes pick up here. A good dive for seeing how the ocean reclaims steel.