One of the worlds first real supertankers, the 90000 ton, 262 meter long Swedish-built Seven Skies is another classic Asian dive site. In 1969, she suffered an explosion and sank east of Tioman Island, not far from Anambas Islands (Indonesia). She rests perfectly upright in 64 meters of water and the entire superstructure is intact, but tanker section has collapsed. As you descend, you will find the top of the funnel at 18-20 meters, the bridge and superstructure at 30 meters, and then various decks and structures to explore down to the main deck level at 45 meters. Main attractions include the bridge, the pool, the explosion damage and many easy swimthroughs and penetrations. Visibility is usually very good up 20 meters and can be up to 50 meters. Plenty of large fish and coral makes it an interesting dive. Manta Rays have often been spotted. Almost the entire superstructure is accessible by recreational divers and the deeper parts inside and outside the hull there is plenty to explore for technical divers as well.

• She was the first ever super tanker that ever sank after she was struck by lightning in a storm and because she had been designed without adequate ventilation of the oil tanks, caught on fire and sank.

• One of the other theory's is that one of the crew- members was hosing her down to keep the ship cool for the same ventilation reasons when the nozzle of the hose came into contact with the ship generating a spark from it and setting the ship alight

• Another theory is that she is a swedish bulk carrier, however some early research states that the chandlery name is Kockums (who now since manufacture military submarines) and they delivered 34 supertankers between 1969 and 1979 and is believed to have been one of the 34.

 

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