SGH-51 Sahil Güvenlik Botu Batığı

About SGH-51 Sahil Güvenlik Botu Batığı

The SGH-51 wreck is a former Turkish Coast Guard patrol boat sunk off the Dikili coast on 14 May 2016 to develop dive tourism. It was Dikili's first artificial reef. The boat, 18 metres long and 4 metres wide, had been decommissioned by the Coast Guard Aegean Sea Region Command a year earlier. On the day of the sinking it was towed in convoy from the Dikili fishing harbour, where it had been moored, to the Beylik Çeşmesi area and sunk about 30 metres from the shore, coming to rest at a depth of around 35 metres. At about 35 metres the wreck is a deep dive, suited to experienced divers with the right training. Dive centres working in the Dikili and Çandarlı area can arrange guided dives.