Wreck Dive King George, Bermuda

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Sank: 1930 - One of three dredgers built for the Bermuda Government, the King George is the only one that remains here. Work began on the 171-foot vessel in 1910 at the Glasgow yard of Lobnitz & Co., and she arrived in Bermuda on 28 June 1911. Approximately four months later, the King George was put to work dredging Town Cut. Her 30 buckets initially dredged to a depth of 30 feet, and she was later refit to dredge a further four. But even that was to prove inadequate for the needs of modern transportation, and in 1930, a new dredger, the Lord Cochrane, was ordered. No longer needed for harbour operations, the King George was towed to a position approximately 5 miles inside of North Rock and scuttled. Surprisingly intact, with ladders, catwalks and lots of nooks and crannies, she currently rests on an even keel in 60 feet of water and is oriented almost perfectly east-to-west.

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