MV Rozi

History & Background

• 1958
  Built in Bristol by Charles Hill & Sons Ltd as the MV Rossmore, a compact steel tugboat designed for harbour and coastal towing duties. She entered service in the UK before being sold on.
• 1969
  Renamed MV Rossgarth following a change of ownership. She continued working tugboat duties under this name for over a decade before being sold again and brought to Malta.
• 1981
  Renamed MV Rozi in Malta, where she worked as a harbour tug in Grand Harbour. The vessel had been operating in Maltese waters as Rossgarth before the rename. The name Rozi has stayed with her ever since, even in her current life on the seabed.
• 1992
  MV Rozi was deliberately sunk on 10 September 1992 by Captain Morgan Cruises off Cirkewwa to serve as an attraction for their tourist submarine trips. Her engine and propeller were removed before scuttling. She settled perfectly upright on a sandy bottom at 34 metres.
• Today
  Over three decades of colonisation have transformed the Rozi into one of Malta's richest artificial reefs. Sponges and gorgonian sea fans encrust every surface. Grouper, moray eels, scorpionfish, octopus, and barracuda are resident year-round.

The MV Rozi is a 33-metre steel tugboat resting perfectly upright on a sandy plateau off Cirkewwa, in the protected waters of the Cirkewwa Marine Park in NW Malta. Her mast reaches to approximately 20 metres, making the upper deck and superstructure accessible to any Open Water diver. The bridge, cabins, and forward deck structure are largely intact. Deeper sections from 22 metres down take divers through the engine room openings, past porthole rows, and down to the dramatic bow at 34 metres. The engine and propeller were removed before scuttling, but the bow itself is a striking centrepiece at maximum depth. The GPS position is 35.9898°N, 14.3269°E. The wreck is marked by a yellow mooring buoy in summer months.