I already asked your loyalist "brothers" this question So I figured why not ask those edgy marines and see what they come up with Can you lot swim?
I imagine it would be a difficult task, as we would sink like a rock. We have Chaos approved floaties tho.
I dun't mind ya spiky gitz takin' off your dakka and 'rmor ta go fer a gud swim, just dun't expect ya loot ta be dere when ya get back! *grabs noise marines gun* Why dis gun make noise 'stead of shootin' dakka? Dun't make no sense. *welds a power sword on it* Now dis is a betta' gun dis is!
Nu they can't like the other humies, they sick but it does not stop them from enjoying the underwater life.
Depends who is writing the book at the time. They're certainly extremely difficult to drown though, that's been proven more than a few times over.