THE DEEP Filming Locations

Discover the real wreck of  RMS Rhone ,  in the British Virgin Islands, which was a filming location for  The Deep 's fictitious Goliath . The location is also connected to BVI's diving pioneers,  Bert and  Jackie Kilbride , and to Peter Island Yacht Club (now Peter Island Resort). The 10 exact places on Rhone where  The Deep was filmed are revealed below.  RMS Rhone (Source Illustrated London News) RMS Rhone is a real wreck which sank 29 October 1867 after striking  Black Rock Point , at Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands,  during the  San Narciso Hurricane .  The exact death toll remains uncertain because an unknown number of passengers from  RMS Conway   transferred to the "unsinkable" Rhone when both Rhone and Conway  began to drag their anchors while moored at Peter Island.  Conway featured on a 1985 Belize stamp commemorating the 350th anniversary of the British Post Office. It would be a disservice to skip over the dreadful events of Rhone 's si

The shark frenzy above the wreck of  Goliath   was filmed at multiple locations edited together to look like a single place. The same editing technique was used to create the  Orange Grove Hotel  and  St. David's Lighthouse . The shark frenzy filming locations were: The Coral Sea, Australia, including, "Action Point" at the north end of  Marion Reef ,  Diamond Islets , and  Lihou Reefs , The world's  Biggest Underwater Set (BUS)  at Ireland Island South, Bermuda, and, The bow section of the  RMS Rhone  shipwreck at Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands. In his 2002 autobiographical thriller, Shark Trouble , Peter Benchley described escaping a pack of agitated bull sharks, with his wife Wendy and eleven-year old son Clayton, off Long Island  in the Bahamas.  Wendy, Peter, and Clayton Benchley, with Roy Scheider on the set of Jaws 1974 ( Source Universal Pictures via  Shark Trouble ). The trio huddled together and, blasting bubbles from their regulators, slowly as

THE DEEP 's 'Hamilton Library' scene was filmed inside the Queen's Exhibition Hall at the National Museum of Bermuda, 1 The Keep, Sandys MA 01, Bermuda . There really is a Bermuda National Library in Hamilton, Bermuda, but  THE DEEP  made their 'Hamilton Library' inside the Queen's Exhibition Hall. Two 'Hamilton Library' scenes were filmed but only one appears in the final cut of the film. That scene opens with David ( Nick Nolte ) looking over 'Treece's Treasure' while Gail ( Jacqueline Bisset ) tries to identify the mysterious medallion from the wreck of the Goliath .  "OPN means Ora Pro Nobis, pray for us, and SC I can't find in any of these" (Source Sony Pictures ) The deleted scene appears in the extended TV version and includes Eli Wallach's wife Anne Jackson as the librarian who directs David and Gail to St. David's Island. "And I should warn you about St. David's Islanders" says Anne Jackson