International Shipwreck Conference 2010

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2010 marked the 28th International Shipwreck Conference, and probably one of the best of the last few years. The first presentation of the conference was from John Riley. Entitled ‘Modelling Shipwrecks’, John presented some of the stunning models he has built of shipwrecks over the years, and gave details of his process of deconstruction, to
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HMS Victoria – Diving In Lebanon Part 5

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HMS Victoria is a pre-dreadnought battle ship, lauched in 1887.  She was accidently sunk in June 1893, after a collision with HMS Camperdown during manoeuvres.  Most of the blame for the incedent was places on Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, who was on board and ordered the manoeuvre. The wreck
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Le Souffleur – Diving In Lebanon Part 3

Le Souffleur is a French Vichy submarine, sunk by the British approximately 10km south of Beirut in June 1941.  She now sits in two reasonably intack halves in just under 40m of water, making in a relatively easy dive.  Fifty Two men were lost during the sinking.
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Diving in Lebanon – Part 1

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This October I was lucky enough to be invited by Mike Rowley to join his trip to Lebanon to dive HMS Victoria. After many days of lessons in both local and international politics, we finally managed two dives on the wreck. In the days before hand, we also had a chance to dive some of
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