British Loyalty:

The British Loyalty was a 5.583 Tonne Oil-Tanker with a length of 140m.

History:

The British Loyalty was built in 1928. In May 1942 a Japanese Torpedo hits it in Madagascar. But she gets repaired. The second Torpedo she gets 1944 in Addu Atoll. A Japanese Undersea-Boat shoots through a small hole in the Steel-Net around the Atoll and hit the British Loyalty directly. She doesn't sink, but she had heavy damages! One of the Oil-Tanks was leaking. The whole Atoll was full with Oil, up to 6 inch on the surface!  Before the British Navy left Gan, they brought the ship to a place inside the Atoll and they sank the British Loyalty on January 5, 1946

Today divers around the world visit Addu Atoll to dive this Shipwreck. The torso is full of Table-, Soft- and Black Corals and a lot of small animals live inside the “new Reef”. The Captains Area was all removed, so you can see the torso und the big Screw! Depending on waves and weather the visibility can change between 3 and 30 meters.

The British Loyalty sinks in front of Maradhoo and Hitthadhoo, ca. 25min away from Equator Village Hotel. Inside the Atoll on a deep of 33m on Steerbordside! The Torso looks to the North and is full of! Table corals, Soft corals, Black corals, and Gorgonians und Wipe corals! It's now the home of 2 big Turtles and a big Grouper! Snappers, lots of Glassfish and Fusiliers you will found on the Wrack!

The Screw is in a Deep of 28m and has normal 4 Leaves, each 2m long and massive Ship bronze. The leave on the Top is missing today; all the other 3 are complete full with corals.

The Torso has 2 big holes. One near the Deck and one near the Bottom. You can see from one to the other side, experience Divers can also Dive through!
The Visibility change depends of Waves and Weather between 20m to only 2m! The best Time to do a Dive on British Loyalty is in January till March, because the visibility increases up to 30m and sometimes more!

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