The MV Augustin Fresnel was a 168-foot long, French-flagged, buoy tender that was scuttled on 9 July 2003 to serve as an artificial reef. It sits upright on a sandy bottom at a maximum depth of 95 feet. The marine life is abundant.
The ship was built in British Columbia, Canada and served in the French maritime service responsible for the maintenance of lighthouses and beacons. After serving in the Mediterranean, she was assigned to the West Indies and French Guiana, before ending her career in the French Overseas department of Guadeloupe.
It is highly likely the MV Augustin Fresnel was named in honor of Augustin-Jean Fresnel, the inventor of the Fresnel lens, which would become a integral part of modern-day lighthouses after its invention in 1821. Mr Fresnel is best known for his research in optics; research that led to an almost unanimous acceptance of the wave theory of light.
This short, two-minute Youtube video of a dive on the MV Augustin Fresnel posted on 5 April 2016 by Garbreiel Carbidillo is worth watching.