Scuba Diving in Malta is considered the best diving in the Mediterranean. The Maltese islands are blessed with warm temperatures, even in winter, clear, unpolluted seas, with visibility underwater in excess of thirty metres. Hundreds of kilometres of coastline, many of which are still unexplored, make the Maltese archipelago a favourite with adventurous divers.

HMS ST. ANGELO
Auxiliary British Tug Built by Scott Bowling (150ft, 1935) and was used for harbour duties.  More commonly known as Tal-Bandiera, this vessel served as harbour transport for Royal Navy Officers carrying personnel from Fort St Angelo to other destinations. During the war it served other purposes, for rescue and later on as a minesweeper. By 26 May 1942 the drifter EDDY was the only LL fitted minesweeper at Malta. On that day she was sunk by a shallow moored mine about a mile off the St. Elmo breakwater as she was returning to the Grand Harbour. Four days later 30th May 1942 the Oropesa sweeping Tug St. Angelo (An Oropesa is a streamlined towed body used in the process of minesweeping. The role of the Oropesa is to keep the towed sweep at a determined depth and position from the sweeping ship.) was mined about 3 quarters of a mile off Grand Harbour entrance with the loss of four of her crew.
Victims of the HMS St. Angelo Debattista Joseph L/Sea E/JX 146442 30/05/1942 Farrugia Vincent AB E/JX 251984 30/05/1942 Grima Paul Sto E/KX 117530 30/05/1942 Said Joseph Sto E/KX 87265 30/05/1942	Wreck lies at a depth of 54 meters off Grand Harbour. Diving on this wreck is considered hazardous due to its close proximity of Grand Harbour entrance & ship traffic in and out of Valletta harbour. First discovered by a team of divers on 23 August 1998.
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