The Manacles
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The Manacles are a set of treacherous rocks off The Lizard peninsula in Cornwall close to Coverack, which are a popular spot for diving due to the shipwrecks around them.
The rocks extend about 1 nautical mile east and south east of Manacle Point. They consist of many submerged rocks and several groups of rocks which break the surface, although some only do so at low water. The Middle Manacles in the north consist of Moen Chynoweth, Chyronos, Moen Garrick and the Gwinges, the eastern group has Vase rock and Pen Vin, the large group in the centre include The Minstrel, Carn-du, Moen Voes (the Voices) and the Quants and Moen Land is in the south west.
Many of the well known wrecks are in the central group where depths are less than 6 metres for an area of 300 metres by 200 metres. These wrecks include:
- HMS Primrose, an 18 gun sloop, sunk on 21 June 1809, with only 1 of the 126 on board surviving.
- SS Mohegan sunk on 14 October 1898.
- Spyridon Vagliano, a Greek steamer carrying grain from Novorossijsk to Falmouth sunk in 8 February 1890 with the loss of 14 of the 22 crew.
The John carrying 263 emigrants to Canada, sank on the Maen Land in May 1855, only 86 survived.
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