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    Lightbulb Titanic's Sunken Sister!

    Titanic's ill~fated maiden voyage in April 1912 has already been well~documented worldwide. But here, though, is a short video clip ... showing divers' attempts to examine remaining wreckage of ANOTHER - lesser~known - vessel, 'The Britanic, which sank in the Agean Sea some four years' later during 1916.

    www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36522968

    particular video is closely followed by one telling the story (in pictures) of a survivor - a suffragette - who'd been a passenger on board the Titanic.


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    I have dived on wrecks similar to that, it is quite an awesome experience. Not that deep though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve.r View Post
    I have dived on wrecks similar to that, it is quite an awesome experience. Not that deep though.
    Have you, Steve? ... WOW! ... one hundred metres is very deep!


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    With normal SCUBA gear 50 meters is the deepest you can go. But bottom time (deepest you can safely go) is very short minutes at best, and then several safety stops on acent.

    The feeling of being so deep though is incredible, at the surface you're breathing (filling your lungs) is like 1:1 atmospheric pressure, at 33ft 2 times 66ft 3 times and so on, so at 50 meters or 150 feet you are at nearly 6 atmospheres. Imagine, filling your lungs with 6 times the normal amount of air in one breath. You can hear the air tank releasing all that air every time you breath. Air is used up so fast at depth, that's why you see in that video the divers have several buddy bottles.
    The wreck dive I was doing were at deepest 40 meters but mostly around 20M. Laying on the keel of the ship and watching a huge shoal of Barracuda circling round and round was one of my best memories. Hundreds of 5ft long predatory rockets watching you back as they spiraled, awesome. Brings back many memories or great times in my life.
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    I've been down to 20m
    That's plenty for me thank you.
    I'm not much of a diver in all honesty. Wish I had more confidence.


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    I have not dived for several years now, but snorkle regularly when at home.
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    Makes me laugh every time I look at my watch and says waterproof to 3900m or 12800ft


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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve.r View Post
    I have not dived for several years now, but snorkle regularly when at home.
    Tell us some more stories about your diving Steve


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    Quote Originally Posted by stevewool View Post
    Tell us some more stories about your diving Steve
    haha... ok

    I once got attacked by a big Titan Trigger Fish. It was guarding it's nest in the sand. Not in deep water, maybe 40ft. I was curious as normally you dont/cant get close to them so as I got closer it suddenly turned and attacked me, it was vigorously trying to bite me, and as it swam around me looking for good place to bite me, I broke the surface of the water. It finally gave up and returned to the bottom... that was close.

    Another time, between dives (we could get 4 a day) I was snorkeling over the shallow reef area, i was looking for shells. Anyway, I lifted up a big rock looking for Cowry Shells and as the sand settled I saw a another rocky looking thing underneath. To my horror it was a deadly poisonous Stone fish. I dropped the stone I was lifting and you had never seen anyone move so fast in the water.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve.r View Post
    haha... ok

    I once got attacked by a big Titan Trigger Fish. It was guarding it's nest in the sand. Not in deep water, maybe 40ft. I was curious as normally you dont/cant get close to them so as I got closer it suddenly turned and attacked me, it was vigorously trying to bite me, and as it swam around me looking for good place to bite me, I broke the surface of the water. It finally gave up and returned to the bottom... that was close.

    Another time, between dives (we could get 4 a day) I was snorkeling over the shallow reef area, i was looking for shells. Anyway, I lifted up a big rock looking for Cowry Shells and as the sand settled I saw a another rocky looking thing underneath. To my horror it was a deadly poisonous Stone fish. I dropped the stone I was lifting and you had never seen anyone move so fast in the water.
    There has got to be more Steve, i am sure there has to be more


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    Quote Originally Posted by stevewool View Post
    There has got to be more Steve, i am sure there has to be more
    Well, I did my training with some US Air Force pilots. This was during the Desert Shield operation in 1990. The evening the war started, these guys were the first to fly in as they were piloting the F-111's with the jamming systems attached to their aircraft.
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