Deep Dive - where you can learn more about Theos Wreck.

This dive site is know by the local dive community as Theos Wreck, in honor of the man who made it possible. Originally named the MV Logna , the ship was built in Norway in 1954 as a cargo vessel. She was 228 feet long and had a 35 foot beam. The vessel was first owned by the South Georgia, Ltd, a company formed in 1916 that was involved in shipping, and yes, at one time, whaling. The was the second vessel by that name, the first being a 242-foot long, steam-powered cargo vessel that ran aground on 12 December 1898 near Oxelosund, Sweden. Fast forward to 1969, when the second was purchased by the Bahama Cement Company to transport gravel and cement. Her name was changed to MV Island Cement , a utilitarian name if there ever was one. By 1981, the vessel had reached the end of its useful economic life, and was ready to be scrapped. Fortunately for the diving community, Theopolis Galanoupoulos, who was an engineer working for the cement company, came up with the idea of creating an artificial reef for all to enjoy.

In 1982, after extensive preparations which included cutting large holes in her deck and hull to allow divers to safely explore the ship's interior, the vessel was taken out of port and sunk off Silver Beach Inlet. It is the first vessel in the Bahamas to be deliberately scuttled as a dive site. The vessel rests on its port side as a depth of 103 feet, and only 50 feet from the edge of the continental shelf. 

Posted on 13 September 2020 by Ashley Sutherland.