Jaffa
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About this site
Jaffa is a steamship wreck in the English Channel, lying in about 27 m of water 3 nautical miles west of the Rampion wind farm and 10 nautical miles south-east of Littlehampton.
She was built as a steel British merchant steamship in 1897, with a triple expansion engine of 251 nhp that could make 12 knots. She was 1,383 grt and defensively armed. On 2 February 1918, on a passage from Boulogne to Southampton, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-30. Ten lives were lost.
The wreck lies on her port side and stands about 6 m high. The keel is broken along its length, and there is heavy scour around the keel area. The boilers are 6 m high.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Grey SealHalichoerus grypusReported here · unconfirmed
Lamarck's Christmas Tree WormSpirobranchus lamarckiReported here · unconfirmed
Long-clawed Porcelain CrabPisidia longicornisReported here · unconfirmed
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