Diving
Dives
I've dived with Ross Butler 6 times:
| Dive number | Date | Site | Location | Area | Country | Wreck | Freshwater | Depth (m) | Bottom time (min) | Total time (min) | Divers | Quality | Summary | Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
56
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21 Jun 1981 | Anlaby | May Island | Forth | Scotland |  |
12 | 25 | 25 | Iain Hosking, Ross Butler |  |
Excellent conditions. Jumped from side of 'Hamnavoe' and rearranged anchor, then joined Ross for dive. Up and down keel mainly. Saw seal, following us around. Also a variety of fish. Wreck is very broken up, but the outline is visible, and anchors, winches, prop, brass valves, bits of boiler etc. | Steel 69, SLJ 2, extra 8lbs standardised for dry bag. | |
| 88
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12 Apr 1982 | Hispania | Sound of Mull | Mull | Scotland | |
25 | 25 | 25 | Iain Hosking, Ross Butler | |
Caught slack by good planning. Right round wreck - down buoy line to starboard side, in through holds to bows, back up port side, up and down mast, in through bridge, then engine room and aft cabin (where I lost Eric's torch). No gloves, but not too cold. Vis poor. | own | |
| 90
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13 Apr 1982 | Rondo | Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull | Mull | Scotland | |
30 | 20 | 20 | Iain Hosking, Ross Butler | |
Up at 6am - in water at quarter to eight. Under wreck, through usual tubes, nooks and crannies. Strong current at start. Life - sea-scorpions. usual crustaceans and squidgy things. Vis improving. Dead calm. | own | |
| 126
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29 Oct 1982 | Golden Gift | Oban Bay | Oban | Scotland | |
15 | 10 | 10 | Iain Hosking, Jenny Clough, Ross Butler |  |
Usual crabs, fish and stuff, and good phosphorescence. Short dive because Jenny was too heavy. | own | |
| 208
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22 Nov 1984 | Seacliffs | North Berwick | Forth | Scotland | 3 | 20 | 20 | Iain Hosking, Ross Butler |  |
Conditions worse than expected. Zero vis, current and waves. Gave up after 3rd attempt and retired to harbour. Nearly as bad as Largs beach! | own | ||
| 298
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1 Sep 1986 | Kintyre | Wemyss Bay | Clyde | Scotland | |
38 | 11 | 13 | Iain Hosking, Ross Butler | |
Found wreck on second pass with grapple despite u/s echosounder. Surface layer very murky so pitch black at depth. Saw winch in front of aft hold, superstructure, boiler, bows, anchor. Ace dive. Rough. |