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Details for dive number 256
Dive number | Date | Site | Location | Area | Country | Wreck | Freshwater | Depth (m) | Bottom time (min) | Total time (min) | Divers | Quality | Summary | Equipment |
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256 |
22 Sep 1985 | Beagle | North of Great Cumbrae | Clyde | Scotland | 34 | 16 | 18 | Iain Hosking, John Parkinson | John Llambias' exercise. Conditions marginal. Wind easterly 5-6. Sea state 4. Despite this hooked into the wreck on the first pass. John and Eileen Kelly (National Coach for Northern Ireland) laid a distance line. We measured the depth of the ship's side and the distance from the foredeck and recovered all lines. Vis good - had some time to swim up and look at the bows. Conditions very rough on the journey back - boat swamped. | own. Boat: 4m Avon Searider. Out of its depth in the conditions. |