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'Carpathia
Deep Wreck Diving Expedition'
by EuroTek Presenters
Ric Waring & Jeff Cornish
speaker profiles >> Jeff Cornish
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| In 2007 Northern UK deep wreck diver Ric Waring put together
an expedition to dive survey and video the RMS Carpathia. Sunk
in 155m / 500ft of water approx 185 miles from south West of
lands end, England, the Carpathia became a famous ship when
she rescued the survivors of the Titanic disaster. Captain Rostron
responded to the Titanics distress signal and became the first
vessel to reach the famous ‘So called ‘unsinkable’
leviathan of the white star line in April 1912. |
Above; Ric Waring & Jeff
Cornish during the deep Carpathia Wreck Expedition |
| Carpathia was part of a convoy when she was torpedoed on 17
July 1918 off the east coast of Ireland by the German submarine
U-55. Sinking in the Atlantic Ocean she rested on a seabed ledge
to the edge of the continental shelf in a depth range which
by the new millennium was reachable by Technical divers. Mounting
an expedition to dive such a wreck was logistical and challenging
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| and diver Jeff Cornish worked alongside Ric Waring
planning a complex dive operation in a remote part of the Atlantic
Ocean. Dubbed as one of the milestone deep wreck projects of
recent times the location of the wreck itself and the depth
and bottom times the divers pulled made the project perhaps
the pinnacle of deep wreck dive projects. |
Jeff Cornish on the wreck
of the Carpathia |
| This was a successful expedition not without its mishaps and
challenges. This is warts and all presentation in which Ric
Waring and Jeff Cornish will explain exactly what happened from
the planning stages to executions of the wreck dives. The divers
will also explain how they became involved in the recovery of
artifacts in association with Titanic Inc (who were also on
site) the company that exhibits Titanic artifacts on a world
wide travelling museum. |
Above; The Carpathia Deep
Wreck Diving Team of 2007 |
Ric Waring and Jeff Cornish are deep
wreck divers of repute and between them using still photographs
will direct this presentation towards a technical diving audience.
The historic side of this project will be dropped to focus on
the technical aspects of the project with a view to the advanced
diving audience who will be in attendance.This presentation
will be of interest to anyone who dives deep wrecks.
This presentation will be on Sat 15th Nov 08 |
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