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This 138-metre former Navy guided-missile frigate rests in 30 metres of water, with its masts rising to just 5 metres below the surface — making upper sections accessible to strong snorkelers and freedivers. You can swim over the flight deck, peer into the bridge, and explore engine rooms, the galley, and accommodation quarters as marine life progressively colonises the steel-and-aluminium wreck. 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