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Freighter/Tugboat · Bahamas · Lost Sunk in the early 1980s as a film prop for the 1983 James Bond film 'Never Say Never Again'; exact date not established. · The Bahamas
A small island cargo vessel purchased and sunk with mock torpedo damage to serve as a Bond film set for 'Never Say Never Again', now a shallow Nassau wreck dive.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Reportedly a vessel seized by Bahamian authorities and later purchased by film producers, this small cargo ship was deliberately sunk off New Providence in the early 1980s to serve as a set for the 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again, with a mock torpedo hole cut into her hull for filming. She settled nearly upright in shallow water and remains a popular, easy Nassau dive, often paired with the nearby Vulcan bomber film-prop debris from the earlier Bond film Thunderball.
Vessel
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- Steel
- 90 ft
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- Diesel
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Loss
- Sunk in the early 1980s as a film prop for the 1983 James Bond film 'Never Say Never Again'; exact date not established.
- Intentional sinking
- West of Clifton Pier, New Providence
- Off southwestern New Providence
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The Wreck Today
- 40-45
- Intact, nearly upright with slight list to port
- Nearly upright, slight list to port
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- Managed within the Bahamas Artificial Reef Programme
Position
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- West of Clifton Pier, New Providence
Evidence
Overall confidence: Sparsely documented (45/100)
The vessel's build year, original name and precise sinking date are not established in the sources reviewed.
Length, use as film set, condition and orientation.
Film production context and site pairing with the Vulcan bomber prop.
