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Wojciech Glowacki
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 12 พ.ค. 2011
Diving M2 Submarine
In 1927 HMS M2 became the worlds first undersea aircraft carrier - a submarine carrying a small two-seater seaplane in a watertight hangar. The seaplane, which had folding wings, was launched by catapult off a runway on the deck. When it landed near the sub, it was hoisted on board and into the hangar by a specially designed small crane.The M2s crew was proud of the speed with which it could launch the little floating plane. Rising to periscope depth, the submariners would check around for enemy ships, surface, open the hangar door and catapult the plane off on its flight. They were constantly trying to beat their own speed record.It was this speed which was to kill all the crew. The M2 dived at 10.11am during exercises off Portland on 26 January, 1932, and disappeared. On 29 January all hope was officially abandoned for the 60 crew aboard.It took eight days to find her. The first divers discovered that the hangar door was open with the plane still inside. The hangar had apparently been opened while she was still underwater. A salvage operation retrieved the plane, but after 11 months and a total of 1500 dives involving 26 Royal Navy divers, the Admiralty had to admit defeat over the submarine. On 8 December, 1932, the M2 was left to rest forever on the seabed off Portland. (from scimitardiving.co.uk)
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Diving Persiana SS AKA Rio Parana
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RIO PARANA SS was a 4,015grt, British Merchantship built in 1902 by Irvine, Harbour Dock, England as the Persiana SS for the British Maritime Trust Ltd. (Furness Withy), West Hartlepool. In 1914 she was renamed RIO PARANA SS when acquired by Petersen & Co. On the 24th February 1915 when 4 miles Se from Beachy Head she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by German submarine U-8. Read more at ...
Nice video !! Very engaging from beginning to end! Get to the top quicker - 'promo sm' !
Thank you Victor
Fabulous snow even early in the season. Hope you had a great time.
Such perfect visibility. Looked like you had an amazing dive😉
Thank you, yeah it was great Phil. Visibility much better than in our murky cold waters :)