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Today, Audacious lies far out from Malin Head into the Atlantic, and a dive on her requires careful planning because of her depth and because it is a very exposed site, where the weather can turn quickly.

The wreck lies in an area of water which has become renowned for its consistently crystal- clear underwater visibility. She lies in 67 metres of water, a lovely depth for today’s technical divers that allows long bottom times – more than 30 minutes or so – down on the wreck for relatively modest decompression times.

Malin Head on the Donegal coast has become known as one of the world’s hot spots for technical diving because, in addition to the crystal-clear Atlantic water, there are a number of classic tek dives that are on every tek diver’s bucket list. Not far away from Audacious lies the large 512-foot long, 15,702grt SS Empire Heritage, which was torpedoed and sunk by U-482 on 8 September 1944. She is famous in diving circles for her deck cargo of tens of Sherman tanks that are spilled out onto the seabed.