tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20980931.post-5117713524734028062008-01-20T14:43:00.000Z2008-01-21T14:49:07.957Z<div align="justify">________________________________________________________________<br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/7198965.stm">BBC</a><br />January 20, 2008<br /><br /></div><div align="justify"><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44035000/jpg/_44035561_scylla.jpg" /></div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>A live visual feed to a sunken warship off south east Cornwall is going on display to the public in a city centre.</strong> </div><div align="justify"><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">T</span></strong>he anchor from the HMS Scylla will have monitors acting as an "underwater eye" to the wreck 23m (75ft) below the surface in Whitsand Bay.<br /><br />The decommissioned Royal Navy frigate was sunk in a controlled explosion in March 2004 to become Europe's first artificial diving reef.<br /><br />The anchor will become an attraction at Plymouth's railway station.<br /><br />Thousands of divers have visited the artificial reef since 2004.<br /><br />The ship was built in 1968, weighs 2,500 tonnes and is 113m (370ft) long.<br /><br />She was bought by the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth in 2004 with £200,000 provided by the South West Regional Development Agency.<br /><br /><br />____<br /><a href="http://www.artificial-reefs.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;">www.artificial-reefs.blogspot.com</span></a> </div>Pedro Calejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10571580575817557080noreply@blogger.com