SUNKEN STORIES
1 / HMBS Yellow Elder
Location New Providence Island, Bahamas
Type of Ship Royal Bahamas Defense Force cutter
Depth About 60 feet
Access Divable
Native Bahamian Stuart Cove is known far and wide for the bevy of wrecks sunk in the “backyard” of his New Providence Island dive operation. His latest, sunk on June 6, is the HMBS Yellow Elder, a 108-foot ship named for the Bahamian national flower.
Originally commissioned November 20, 1986, as one of only three Protector Class ships built by Fairey Marine in England, was used by the Royal Bahamas Defense Force to battle illegal immigration, poaching, as part of the Bahamas Artificial Reef Program; it’s one of 30 wrecks that Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas has sunk over four decades, 20 of which are active dive sites.
