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Science 9 April 2004:
Vol. 304. no. 5668, p. 203
DOI: 10.1126/science.304.5668.203b
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In a marine version of swords into ploughshares, a former Royal Navy frigate has been blown up and sunk off the Cornwall coast to create the United Kingdom's first artificial reef. The 113-meter vessel, the HMS Scylla, bought for $368,000 by the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth, is now settling into the bottom of Whitsand Bay.

Planners hope the wreck will beef up the local economy as a diving attraction as well as a scientific resource. The next phase of the project will be the installation of underwater Web cameras so aquarium visitors and scientists can keep in touch with reef goings-on. According to the aquarium, it will take about a decade for Scylla to develop into a full-fledged reef.




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