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Diving the RMS
Rhone
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The RMS
Rhone
(
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)is one of the most famous shipwreck dives in the Caribbean.
The twin-masted vessel sank off Salt Island's coast during a hurricane in 1867. Now a na-
tional park, the steamer's remains are extensive and have become an exotic habitat for mar-
ine life. Octopuses, eels and squid swim by a setting that couldn't be more classic - so clas-
sic, in fact, that Hollywood has used it as the backdrop for numerous films, such as
The Deep
. Snorkelers can access the wreck, too, since the ship's stern is in shallower water.
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