HMS Southwold

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The HMS Southwold is a world war II wreck found around our Maltese waters. It was a British destroyer and its specifications were of about 85 metres in length and its beam was around 9.5 metres. The HMS Southwold met its fate when she hit a minefield on March of 24th March in 1942. She then sunk off the coast of Marsaskala, in the South of Malta at approximately 2.5km. Located on a sandy bottom, the wreck is split into two parts. They lie 300 metres away from each other. The larger piece is th…

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