Location Anzac Cove
Constructed in 1865 as a steam-powered passenger vessel, the SS Milo was requisitioned by the British Admiralty upon the outbreak of World War I. Throughout the conflict, the ship was deployed for the logistical transport of supplies to the troops stationed at Anzac Cove within the Arıburnu sector.
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Location Ertuğrul Cove
The Massena, named after Andrea Massena, one of the marshals of the French Revolution, carried out its final mission to ensure that ships could safely approach the shore during the evacuation of Çanakkale by the Allied forces. Saghalien, a French passenger ship of the Senegal class, passed through the Dardanelles in August 1914 on a mission to evacuate French citizens from İstanbul prior to the Gallipoli Campaign.
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Location Tekke Bay
The ship, which undertook the task of transporting the Italian army to Tripoli during the Italo-Turkish War, was purchased by the British Admiralty in 1915 and sent to Gallipoli. This Italian-flagged steam cargo and passenger ship embarked on its final mission at Gallipoli on behalf of Great Britain during World War I.
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The Tuzla Steamboat was a paddle steamer that transported the wounded, ammunition, and supplies to the Gallipoli Front. Akbaş Harbor, which received ships coming from the Marmara, served as the point where ammunition and supplies were transported from the harbor to the front. The Tuzla Steamboat was also torpedoed and sunk on August 30 after taking its cargo from Akbaş Harbor.
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Location Çanakkale
The Mesudiye, the largest of the Ottoman battleships, underwent a major modernization in Italy between 1899 and 1904, renewing its weapons and propulsion systems. On December 13, 1914, while anchored in shallow water at Nara Point to defend the entrance of the Dardanelles, it was sunk by a torpedo from HMS B11.
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Location Suvla
The HMS Louis, damaged in a collision with a tugboat during the Gallipoli Campaign, drifted and ran aground, becoming unusable after breaking apart during salvage operations.
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Location Küçükkemikli
The Lighters, also known as "Mule Barges," were used for transporting materials and animals between ships and the shore. During the evacuation of Arıburnu in December 1915, the Allies either destroyed or scuttled the equipment they could not take with them. It is believed that the Layter located in Arıburnu was scuttled during this withdrawal.
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Location Seddülbahir
The HMS Majestic, tasked with supporting other naval vessels in Gallipoli, lies at a depth of 18-23 meters in the Dardanelles.
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Location Seddülbahir
These are two marine vessels used during the Gallipoli landings to transport soldiers, provisions, pier construction materials, and animals such as horses and mules. These vessels, called barges, are flat-bottomed, shallow-draft, wide-hulled, and can be either motorized or non-motorized.
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Location Suvla
The Lundy, a fishing vessel equipped with a Smith brand engine, measures 33.6 x 6.5 meters. Although it was used for civilian purposes before the Gallipoli Campaign, it was requisitioned at the outbreak of the war and assigned to minesweeping duties in the Dardanelles.
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Location Arıburnu
The wreck, lying at a depth of 28.5 meters, has an unknown date and cause of sinking. While its wooden sections have deteriorated, the metal components have remained intact. Its most distinctive difference from other barges is the presence of raised bulwarks
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Location Little Bone
The date and cause of the sinking of this barge, which is 17.5 meters long and 6 meters wide, are unknown. Located at a depth of 30 meters, the wooden parts of the wreck have decayed, while the metal sections remain preserved. It was used to enable soldiers on transport ships to reach the shore in shallow areas during the landings.
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Location Akbaş Bay / Nara Point / Bigalı Fortress
Mania Nets were produced at the Golden Horn Shipyard to prevent submarines from passing through the straits. One of the 60-meter nets identified in Akbaş Bay serves as an example of these Mania Nets, still awaiting discovery by divers 106 years later.
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Location Çanakkale
The Amphora Wreck identified off the coast of Çamburnu is found in a generally well-preserved condition. It is considered a tangible indicator of the ongoing ancient maritime trade along the Straits line.
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Location Çanakkale
Known in the local diving community as "Shark Rocks," this site consists of natural rock/reef formations and appeals to intermediate and advanced divers. The specified 24–50 m range approaches the limits of technical and deep diving.
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Location Bebek Kayalıkları
This unique place, where Halley's Comet was first seen in history, also hosts numerous diving spots that diving enthusiasts will certainly want to see.
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Location Dardanelles Strait
The Franco is a Greek-flagged cargo ship that was carrying asphalt raw materials. Due to the currents, it is located in an area suitable only for experienced divers, and the biodiversity around the wreck is high.
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Location Arıburnu / Suvla
The Inverted Barge, located at a depth of 54 meters in the Arıburnu / Suvla region, is 17.4 meters long and 6.5 meters wide. Its hull is made of steel and consists of a total of 27 frames (hull skeleton).
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Location Çanakkale
The Minesweeper was originally a trawler before being converted by the British into a minesweeper during World War I. The wreck, whose sinking is associated with mines in the area, lies upright at a depth of 58 meters.
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Location Kabatepe
HMS TRIUMPH, a Swiftsure-class battleship of the British Navy, arrived off the Dardanelles in 1915 to take part in the Gallipoli operation. On May 25, 1915, while bombarding Kaba Tepe, it was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-21 in an hour and a half, along with 73 people on board.
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Location Çanakkale
The HMAS AE2 Submarine, which entered service in 1914, became the first submarine to pass through the Dardanelles and reach the Sea of Marmara during the First World War. Following contact with the Sultanhisar torpedo boat on April 30, 1915, mechanical problems arose, the crew abandoned the vessel, and it was scuttled under the orders of Commander Henry Stoker.
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Location Çanakkale
Built in 1905, HMS Hythe was constructed as a civilian ferry and converted into an auxiliary minesweeper by the Royal Navy in 1914. The wreck, which is one of the significant spots for wreck diving in Turkey, lies at a depth of approximately 72 m.
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Location Çanakkale
SMS Breslau is among the Magdeburg-class light cruisers of the German Imperial Navy. On January 20, 1918, during the Battle of Imbros, the ship sank after hitting five mines along with the Yavuz Sultan Selim, which had departed from the Dardanelles.
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Location Çanakkale
The Atılay Submarine commenced its dive from Morto Bay on July 14, 1942, as part of a mission to test and calibrate the magnetic security lines (loops) in the Dardanelles. It is estimated that the submarine was lost after striking a mine dating back to the First World War.
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Location Çanakkale
The SS Carthage, a passenger-cargo ship of ~5,600 GRT, was armed and used for transport duties in the service of the French Navy during the war. On July 4, 1915, the ship was torpedoed and sunk by U-21 approximately 2 nautical miles off Seddülbahir.
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