13/09/2026
The skipper Al talks us through dropping the divers onto HMS Warrior II — a 54-metre dive on a wreck with quite a story behind it.
Originally a luxury 1,000-ton yacht, Warrior II was requisitioned during the war and survived WWI, only to be bombed and sunk by German aircraft on 11 July 1940, around 13 miles south-east of Portland Bill.
And the sinking itself was quite an extraordinary affair. While the lifeboat was searching for survivors, spent bullets and shrapnel were raining down around them. Then, incredibly, a German aircraft came down just yards from the boat — and they managed to rescue one of its crew.
Some wrecks have a story.
This one really does. ⚓️
