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1Thompsons Valley Island
Small cave to explore. southwest side of St Helena Island.
BeginnerMax depth 49.2 ftBoat entry
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Small cave to explore. southwest side of St Helena Island.
Brought to the island to use in salvaging the Papanui. Broke away from its mooring several times; it has been decided to sink it as an artificial reef.
Sunk in action with two Portuguese carracks; now just a ballast mound can be seen. Carrying a cargo of spices and diamonds. Salvage in the 1970's recovered Chinese Ming porcelain, tons of pepper and some canon, but no diamonds! The ship had exploded as it sank scattering items far and wide. Witte Leeuw is also known as White Lion.