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FOLMINA

Folmina is a proper dive, a real slice of history sitting upright on the seabed. We love a wreck that tells a story, and this steamship, torpedoed in 1918, certainly does. Dropping down, you’ll find the bow section a mess of tangled metal, but the stern is surprisingly intact. We'd suggest a good dive light to really pick out the details. You can poke around the propeller and rudder, which are often swarming with squat lobsters and the occasional shy conger eel peering from crevices. The superstructure is gone, but the hull still offers plenty of nooks for plumose anemones to cling to, their white tentacles swaying gently in the current. Visibility here can be a bit of a lottery, as it often is in the North Sea, but on a good day, the sight of the Folmina emerging from the gloom is genuinely impressive. It's a dive for those who appreciate maritime history and don't mind a bit of a challenge.