Cayman Islands

Kittiwake sinking schedule announced

June 11, 2010
www.compasscayman.com

The Kittiwake, an ex-submarine rescue ship, is to be sunk off Seven Mile Beach on Tuesday, 27 July, and will create an artificial reef and new dive site.

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New artificial reef planned in the Cayman Islands for recreational scuba divers

June 7, 2010
www.examiner.com

It will be an exciting week in Grand Cayman beginning July 24th! The Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA) is pleased to confirm that the ex-USS Kittiwake, a US Naval Submarine Rescue Ship (ASR-13), which has been a work in progress for over seven years is going to be sunk this July.

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