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Borneo timber wreck scuba diving -
timber wreck diving
dive sites of borneo Malaysia.
The Timber Wreck is a large, app. 60m long cargo ship. In the early
1980‘s it was leaving  it‘s
harbour near Lahad Datu with a full load of timber logs for it‘s
destination in Japan when a strong storm came up.
The crew decided to pump some water on board to stabilize the vessel
but mysteriously never switched them off again. As a result the
vessel rolled over and came to rest at 30m depth. In the aftermath
the timber company whose logs were on the vessel managed to drag the
stricken vessel closer to a nearby island in order to salvage it‘s
cargo.
The wreck now lies on it‘s starboard side with the bow at 24m and
the stern at 5m depth. A single log still remains in the hold to
remind of it‘s cargo. Because of it‘s size and depth it is excellent
for wreck dives and reasonably safe to penetrate into the engine
room, crew cabins, wheel house and cargo holds. As this wreck is
nearly 2 hours from Semporna we only conduct trips there on special
request.Next: Dive
sites Borneo
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