Devon Shipwrecks DVD Full Version - Peter Mitchell
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- A companion video to the two Wrecker’s Guide books, Devon Shipwrecks offers a wealth of specially shot footage. You can venture underwater and see wrecks like the Nepaul, wrecked on the Shagstone in 1890 which lies only yards from the Glen Strath Allen, deliberately sunk to make an underwater classroom.
Near Salcombe you can swim through the ghostly tunnels of the four masted clippership the Herzogin Cecillie, then delve deep into the holds of the James Egan Layne, a Liberty ship torpedoed in Whitsands Bay.
Running Time 36 mins. Devon Shipwrecks is a Submerged Production.
I am privileged to be a volunteer at the Salcombe Maritime Museum and so i find this film utterly fascinating. I would urge anyone who comes to South Devon to pay a visit to the museum where you will see on display many hundreds of artifacts from ships mentioned in this film.
It is FREE to enter, so if you enjoyed watching this film, you will enjoy the museum equally.
Is there any from the pirate days like Cornwall ???
Great vid, Thank you. Always have driven past on my way to Cornwall for my diving adventures. Missed quite a bit by the look of it. Cheers. Stay safe.
Could that Lancaster Bomber ever fly again ?
Nice video! I live I Dartmouth, so get to see all this first hand.
Mother nature always wins in the end. RIP all you brave souls,🙏.
Brilliant !!! Thanks a million. I've always wanted to explore this part of the coast in my small boat and delve into it's history.
Cant believe the first reck was dementia because of aluminum shaft going to prop
Dived the Duchess many years ago out of Hope Cove. Think we looked for the Rameses but just found some heavy timbers. Golf balls i think one guy found off the golf course close by.
The race was interesting on a rib some turned back with other ribs.
according to Wikipedia the trawler Elk or MT Elk was a 181-ton former fishing trawler built in 1902.[2] She served in the Royal Navy in World War II, until sunk without loss of life having hit a mine off Plymouth in November 1940.
brass port ring . . i don' t think!!!
in 1958, I was at Plymouth & the naval hosp.. We still communicate now.
are these military wrecks ? We have wrecks on Lake Superior that are not military.
No not all are military but 2 world wars did add plenty to the seabed in this area. The South West of |England gets hit every winter by large North Atlantic gales and these account for many of the merchant vessels lost.
You have a very famous wreck, you have the "BIG FITZ".
What year was this made?
In USA LST 325 is on exhibit - we saw her at Moline, Illinois.
Where is this LST from? I am looking for info on LST 531 from Exercise Tiger
Thankyou.
Bless those poor airmen.
I live by the Hoe and am ex RAF , as was my father who volunteerd for aircrew in 1940.
Really well put together and narrated, enjoyed that.
Is the crashed Lancaster Bomber which hit Plymouth breakwater killing all 7 crew members listed as a war grave?
fascinating...... what happened to the ivory????
What a shame about the plane to far gone in rust
Is there any Spitfire planes ?
We all know the lancaster crash is a war grave. These idiots should be prosecuted. They have no respect
Nothing disrespectful done. Lighten up.
Thanks ,got my diving courses in fort Bovisand round the end of the 80's or early 90's . Stayed in the flats with my little sister. It was great . Loved every minute.
Actually i lost a massive silver antique chinese bracelet in Bovisand on a advanced open water course on a dive . It was hurting due to the drysuit so i left it withe the diving instructor Sue was her name and somehow i never got it back ! Hope you kept it Sue ,it was worth a pretty penny n'all ,lol😉🐺🙏
great video thankyou
Great work.
he got copyright 5 times in 1 video!
Very interesting and quite sad.
Devon's coastline and underwater looks identical to the coastline of Vancouver island
@Firescales 22
I spent a lot of years on a Ocean Research Vessel on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Do you live on Vancouver Island???
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Excellent,more please,
Sadly Geoff, my mate Pete died in 2015, so none are possible. There are a few more videos we made together though. Just search on TH-cam for "Scapa6".
@@davidpage4005 Sad to hear that David perhaps another U/W Cameraman will come forward to take Peter's place.
Its a disgace. These divers are robbing sea graves. LOOK. DO NOT TOUCH.DO NOT REMOVE
What is the propeller shaft made of, as it is still shiny after many decades.
They're often made of stainless steel.
They probably kept the propeller shaft polished or maybe it had an aluminum cover over it, if aluminum was even invented then or stainless steel. .... I would think the shaft was made of high tensile steel like 4140 or 4150L painstakingly pounded out, machined to size, then perhaps sprayed with light oil or a anti corrosion spray. While stainless would not corrode, it also has very little tensile strength and probably was not invented at the time this ship was built in my opinion. I don't think any large ships to date have stainless drive shafts that go directly to the propeller. Most shafts drive big electric motors and they drive the propellers. Also some waters tend to preserve wrecks, and that is why you are able to see then even though they were built over 100 years ago. I 100 year old ship in a yard or left just floating would have disintegrated long ago. Of course all this is my opinion, google would give you a more precise insight to ships of old and of new. Also notice the pistons of that Lancaster Aircraft that bombed the Nazi submarine pens are still not overly corroded especially since being in the water since the war no later than 1945. They had to be also made of steel, probably and alloy of some type. ///// You would think even in the old days they would have large red lanterns or today large electric lights to warn shipping of a dangerous coast.
Love those wind jammers