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Divemaster's guide to New Zealand Scuba Diving Sites
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Featured Site: Rangitoto Shipwreck
The following information has kindly been provided by Nine at Nine Dives and Go Dive Marlborough
The Rangitoto was built in Whiteinch, Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1869, it was a iron steamer ship of 449 net register tons and underway to Wellington.
The ship measured 209' ( 63.4 meters ) long, Beam 25'1" ( 7.6 meters ) and Depth 15'6" ( 4.72 meters ) with a 140 hp engine.
She was used at the time of sinking as a general cargo and passenger ship between Nelson and Wellington.
The Rangitoto struck shortly after noon on the 30th of November 1873, on a uncharted rock near Cape Jackson point which ripped a hole four feet long and nine inches wide, the vessel was beached on the nearby East shore and there it then gradually became completely submerged and slid into deeper water. more
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