Some of BSAC ’ s leading technical divers convened for a deep wreck expedition off Orkney , which succeeded in identifying several marks . Story by Will Schwarz , photography by Rick Ayrton
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Looking down at the team decompressing
Lost in Waters Deep :
Rewriting history
Some of BSAC ’ s leading technical divers convened for a deep wreck expedition off Orkney , which succeeded in identifying several marks . Story by Will Schwarz , photography by Rick Ayrton
Clasina has a great stern
The success of the Argonauts 2022 trip to locate and identify the wreck of HMS Jason , off Coll in Scotland , fortified a few essential aspects for expeditionary wreck diving .
We had a superb Diving Support Vessel , DSV Clasina , along with a knowledgeable and competent skipper , Bob Anderson and competent and experienced crew . We also benefitted from a reliable and detail orientated research team , in our case Kevin Heath who along with his fiancée , Wendy Sadler , run lostinwatersdeep . co . uk Finally , we had team members well capable of doing the diving required , taking the photos and videos in a relatively confined space for several days .
Expedition - Lost in Waters Deep 2023 made the most of these strengths in our quest to find , dive and identify two Royal Navy vessels .
HMS Hoste , a Parker-type Destroyer , had steering issues when , on 21 December 1916 , HMS Negro collided into her stern . This action caused the detonation of two depth charges , causing damage to HMS Negro , which sunk shortly afterwards with the loss of 51 officers and crew .
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