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I've dived with John Llambias 5 times:

Dive number	Date	Site	Location	Area	Country	Depth (m)	Bottom time (min)	Total time (min)	Divers	Summary	Equipment
147	5 Aug 1983	Golden Gift	Oban Bay	Oban	Scotland	15	35	35	Iain Hosking, John Llambias	Brilliant night dive - best yet. Sparks so brilliant and numerous that we could see our hands silhouetted against them, and one's buddy's position was marked by a column of luminescence from the bubbles. Nightlife was interesting - lots of blue-tipped blennies and some large crabs. Very good vis. Low tide.	own
192	7 Jul 1984	Helena Faulbaums	Belnahua	Oban	Scotland	53	15	35	Iain Hosking, John Llambias	Dived with John at 3pm, over 1 hour after end of slack (HW neaps). Current on the way down. Shot line was on starboard side behind bridge, by anchor, lifting bag etc abandoned by last group the previous weekend. Disentangled it, cut excess rope, inflated lifting bag and tied it off to shot. Didn't see much of the wreck. Vis 20-30ft.	own, except Rollo's twin 55s. 4lbs less weight (24lbs)
193	8 Jul 1984	Helena Faulbaums	Belnahua	Oban	Scotland	60	15	45	Iain Hosking, John Llambias	Dived before calculated slack. Followed shotline down to the wreck at 55m. Shot was in hold behind bridge. Finned forwards past davits, remains of funnel, crockery etc to bridge. Binnacles etc still there. Swam aft again over holds, past mast (broken) and winches, over stern and down to prop. No blades visible [probably broken off when the ship hit the reef]. Rudder intact. Forward again and into hold, along prop shaft tube to engine room bulkhead. Cyalume lightstick showed up clearly.	own, Rollo's twin 55s, -4lbs. Used 150 ats on dive, 50 on stops. Air consumption 0.75 cfm.
199	26 Aug 1984	St Abbs Head	South side of the Firth of Forth	Forth	Scotland	23	25	25	Iain Hosking, John Llambias	Dived below the lighthouse after a long and abortive search for the 'Glanmire'. Sea rough - ebb tide and wind against it. Dive was enjoyable - good vis, shoal of fish, deep bedrock gullies covered in dead men's fingers and crabs.	own
250	12 Sep 1985	Beagle	North of Great Cumbrae	Clyde	Scotland	34	16	20	Iain Hosking, John Llambias	250th dive! Memorable because of weird weather conditions which made good at last. Grappled wreck on first pass. Second pair down - covered the whole length of the wreck including the prop. Very dark, pretty murky, covered in line and nets. Saw phosphorescence. No significant current. Good fun.	own + Fenzy X3

Dive number

Date

Site

Location

Area

Country

Wreck

Freshwater

Depth (m)

Bottom time (min)

Total time (min)

Divers

Quality

Summary

Equipment

147

5 Aug 1983

Golden Gift

Oban Bay

Oban

Scotland

Iain Hosking, John Llambias

Brilliant night dive - best yet. Sparks so brilliant and numerous that we could see our hands silhouetted against them, and one's buddy's position was marked by a column of luminescence from the bubbles. Nightlife was interesting - lots of blue-tipped blennies and some large crabs. Very good vis. Low tide.

own

192

7 Jul 1984

Helena Faulbaums

Belnahua

Oban

Scotland

Iain Hosking, John Llambias

Dived with John at 3pm, over 1 hour after end of slack (HW neaps). Current on the way down. Shot line was on starboard side behind bridge, by anchor, lifting bag etc abandoned by last group the previous weekend. Disentangled it, cut excess rope, inflated lifting bag and tied it off to shot. Didn't see much of the wreck. Vis 20-30ft.

own, except Rollo's twin 55s. 4lbs less weight (24lbs)

193

8 Jul 1984

Helena Faulbaums

Belnahua

Oban

Scotland

Iain Hosking, John Llambias

Dived before calculated slack. Followed shotline down to the wreck at 55m. Shot was in hold behind bridge. Finned forwards past davits, remains of funnel, crockery etc to bridge. Binnacles etc still there. Swam aft again over holds, past mast (broken) and winches, over stern and down to prop. No blades visible [probably broken off when the ship hit the reef]. Rudder intact. Forward again and into hold, along prop shaft tube to engine room bulkhead. Cyalume lightstick showed up clearly.

own, Rollo's twin 55s, -4lbs. Used 150 ats on dive, 50 on stops. Air consumption 0.75 cfm.

199

26 Aug 1984

St Abbs Head

South side of the Firth of Forth

Forth

Scotland

Iain Hosking, John Llambias

Dived below the lighthouse after a long and abortive search for the 'Glanmire'. Sea rough - ebb tide and wind against it. Dive was enjoyable - good vis, shoal of fish, deep bedrock gullies covered in dead men's fingers and crabs.

own

250

12 Sep 1985

Beagle

North of Great Cumbrae

Clyde

Scotland

Iain Hosking, John Llambias

250th dive! Memorable because of weird weather conditions which made good at last. Grappled wreck on first pass. Second pair down - covered the whole length of the wreck including the prop. Very dark, pretty murky, covered in line and nets. Saw phosphorescence. No significant current. Good fun.

own + Fenzy X3