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Banstead Underwater Diving Club

 

SMS Dresden

 

 

Built in Kiel and launched 25 April 1917.  Light cruiser/mine layer displacing 5531 tons, and similar measurements to the Coln.  

 

Now lies in 28-38 metres of water on her port hand side.  The least depth over her is about 17 metres.  She is largely intact with many of her original features still in place.  The anchor chain still runs from her bows to the seabed.  She has a rich and diverse covering of marine growth, which serves to attract shoals of fish, particularly over the shallower areas of the wreck.