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PENNSYLVANIA

The *Pennsylvania*, a steamship scuttled in 1931, offers a different flavour of Scapa Flow wreck diving. Forget deep, dark leviathans here. This is a shallow, sun-drenched playground. We love it because it’s a living history lesson you can literally reach out and touch. The wreck sits in just two metres of water, perfect for extended bottom times and ideal for new drysuit divers or anyone wanting to really absorb the details. You’ll find the triple expansion engine and three boilers still largely intact, covered in kelp and thick with small fish. Shoals of saithe often swirl around the larger structures, and if you look closely, butterfish and blennies peer from every crack. On a sunny day, the light plays through the water, making the metal glow. It’s a photographer’s dream and a perfect site for honing those buoyancy skills without the pressure of depth. We’d suggest going at high slack water; the visibility really opens up then, and you can spend an hour just drifting over the machinery, imagining the ship in its prime.