MV Odile

MV Odile is another name for the SS Margit, a Panamanian steam passenger ship sunk in an air raid on 19 April 1941 in Kalkara Creek, on the eastern side of Grand Harbour. She is a Second World War wreck.

The hull is about 100 metres long, lists to port and is quite broken up. Her masts and funnel were later removed with explosives. She lies parallel to the shore on a silty bottom at about 22 metres. Groupers and other fish shelter in the wreckage.

It is a shore dive, usually entered from the slipway in Kalkara. Being in a working harbour, visibility is often poor, especially in the first few metres, and boat traffic is heavy, so a surface marker buoy is essential. Good buoyancy helps avoid stirring up the silt.