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Trevor Jackson returning from a dive on SS Kyogle. Captain Trevor Jackson (born 26 November 1965) is an Australian technical diver, shipwreck researcher, author and inventor.In 2002 he staged what became known as the "Centaur Dive", which subsequently led to the gazetted position of the sunken Hospital Ship AHS Centaur being questioned.
Argo is most famous for its role in the discovery of the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985. Argo would also play the key role in Ballard's discovery of the wreck of the battleship Bismarck in 1989. The towed sled, capable of operating depths of 6,000 meters (20,000 feet), meant 98% of the ocean floor was within reach.
Barnette has been actively diving and researching shipwrecks since 1990, resulting in the identification of over 30 wreck sites. [1] In 1996, Barnette founded the Association of Underwater Explorers (AUE), an organization dedicated to expanding understanding of submerged cultural resources .
Gary Gentile is a wreck diver.It has been suggested that Gary Gentile may be the most experienced wreck diver in the world. [1] He has dived on the wreck of the SS Andrea Doria (sometimes referred to as the "Mount Everest" of SCUBA diving) over 190 times, [2] and was the first diver to penetrate the first class dining room of the vessel.
Husband and wife team, Yvonne Drebert and Zack Melnick, who specialise in underwater videography, were filming a documentary when they made the discovery Invasive mussels lead to discovery of 128 ...
A few years later, at a depth of 400 feet (120 m), he was the first diver to use rebreather diving technology on the wreck of HMHS Britannic, near the island of Kea in Greece. In 2006, Chatterton re-visited the wreck of Britannic in the History Channel documentary Titanic's Tragic Sister , to try to find out what sank the third Olympic-class ...
During the 1990s he published photos and wrote stories for a variety of scuba diving magazines. [7] His first book was published in 1995, Complete Wreck Diving , with co-author Henry Keatts. [ 8 ] In 1996 he was the first to photograph a living Oarfish , an animal that inspired sea serpent legends. [ 9 ]
Divers are not allowed to touch or take anything from the dive site. At its most shallow, the wreck of Kittiwake was 15 feet (4.6 meters) below the water's surface and at its deepest, 64 feet (20 meters) below the surface. [27] In October 2017, the wreck moved towards a nearby natural reef.