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The King
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About This Site
THE KING Built in 1941 in South Carolina, the King was a Navy tug boat built in South Carolina and brought to Bermuda for use as a dive and treasure salvage vessel. Donated in 1984 by the boat’s then owner, Gary Lamb, she became the first boat in Bermuda to be scuttled deliberately for use as a dive site and artificial reef. (Shortly after, on May 15, 1984, the Bermuda Divers Association sank the Hermes as an artificial reef and dive site; click here to learn more.) Curiously the coordinates of…
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