Wreck Dive
K-18 ORP Bryza, Hel, Poland
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K-18 ORP Bryza was a former Polish Navy ship was scuttled for a dive site in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Poland.
The shipwreck ideally prepared for divers. You can visit it by diving from the boat and the shore. A buoy signaling the position of the wreck is permanently attached to it. The wreck lies on a escarpment, slightly tilted to starboard. The wreck lies at a depth of 21.7 m.
She entered service on January 10, 1965. Steel hull built of six blocks composed of flat and spatial sections. Until 1978, she sailed under the name "Bryza" as a passenger and transport ship, later a liaison cutter. Bryza served in the 43rd Auxiliary Vessels Squadron in the 9th Coastal Defense Flotilla in Hel. She completed her service in the Polish Navy in 2001. Purchased in May 2008 by the city of Hel from a company dealing with the scrapping of old ships in order to be sunk in the waters of the bay near the port of Hel as an attraction for scuba divers.
Dimensions: Length 28.82 m Width 6.20 m Draft 1.85 m
Displacement 135 t Crew 12 sailors (+36 passengers)
Propulsion: 2 "WOLA" 300 HP diesel engines 2 three-blade propellers
Speed 11 kn Range 1100 nm
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