TRAVELSPECIAL
A descent into current On the Lundy it didn ’ t look far on the map , the transfer from Istanbul Airport to our hotel in Eceabat took the best part of five hours . For a while though , we thought we would never escape the airport . There are lots of exits from the arrivals hall and our driver was patiently waiting at Exit 13 ! Without the wonders of technology and WhatsApp we might never have met up .
Eceabat is on the east coast of the Dardanelles Peninsula and our hotel for the week overlooked a marina . Unfortunately , however , we were going to be diving the west coast . However , a short 20 minute coach trip each morning would take us to Kabatepe Marina where our boat , Blackfish , was waiting . The diving side of our trip was in the hands of Ali and his company Byem Dive . The general plan was to have a morning dive , enjoy lunch and a lazy couple
of hours on the boat followed by a second dive before returning to the hotel for our evening meal .
Ali ’ s English was about as good as our Turkish , but Google Translate came to our assistance . It did give us a few giggly moments when an enquiry regarding DIN or A-clamp fittings came back saying they had no handcuffs !
Suvla Bay
Our first day saw us cruising north to Suvla Bay to dive the Lundy . This was a British trawler commissioned and converted to a minesweeper . It sank on 16 August 1915 after a collision with another Allied vessel , while they were both under fire from a shore battery . She lies upright on a sandy bottom in 28 metres . The hull is intact and the collision damage at the stern is clear
Inside the Lundy
Damage to the stern of the Lundy
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