This is a great story
[browser-shot width=”600″ url=”http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Scylla-Effect-10-years-scuppered-warship-tourism/story-20858127-detail/story.html”]And a nice video
Surely better than sending to Turkey, oh, lets me guess, its more complex than that!
The RAN used to do this quite regularly but have recently stopped. The last 2 shipped sunk as dive wrecks (FFG’s Adeliade and Canberra) proved to be a problematic exercise as the environmental and safety requirements in cleaning and preparing the vessels made the whole exercise uneconomic.