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Archive for 2006/06

Dive bids to solve wreck mystery in Scapa Flow1

June 30th, 2006 by admin in General

Archaeologists are to investigate a wreck reported to be that of a German warship previously said to have been salvaged and scrapped.

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British Government prohibits salvage of “human torpedoes”0

June 29th, 2006 by admin in Military and NEWS

Phuket - Phuket will not allow a private marine-supply company to salvage two British “human torpedoes” from their resting place at the bottom of the ocean.

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New Marine Protected Area named in Abu Dhabi0

June 28th, 2006 by admin in Conservation and NEWS

Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in his capacity as the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, has issued an Emiri Decree declaring a group of islands off the Western Region as a Marine Protected Area.

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Experts’ hope over shipwreck find0

June 27th, 2006 by admin in Archaeology and NEWS

Two well-preserved 18th Century shipwrecks, found by a team of Bristol archaeologists in the Caribbean, could shed new light on life in the 1700s.

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Titanic explorer to seek shipwrecks in Greece, Aegean Sea1

June 26th, 2006 by admin in Archaeology and NEWS

The search, by American oceanographer Robert Ballard, will be conducted in international waters, with the Greek culture ministry hoping to send a representative to observe operations, a ministry official said.

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U.S. WWII sub appears to have been found0

June 21st, 2006 by admin in Military and NEWS and Wrecks

HONOLULU, USA - For 60 years, Nancy Kenney wondered what happened to her father. The submarine that William T. Mabin was in disappeared while he and his crewmates were on a mission to attack a Japanese convoy in the last months of World War II.

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Chinese divers begin search for underwater ‘Atlantis’0

June 20th, 2006 by admin in General and NEWS

YUXI, YUNNAN, VR China: Ten divers began a seven-day search for a possible underwater “Atlantis” on Friday in the Fuxian Lake near Kunming, the second-deepest freshwater pool in the country.

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Oceanic Worldwide Announces Recall of Versa Pro Dive Computers0

June 16th, 2006 by admin in RECALLS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

May 3, 2006 – San Leandro, CA, USA – In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Oceanic Worldwide of San Leandro, California, is voluntarily recalling Oceanic Versa Pro revision 2A Digital Dive Computers. While operating in the User Selected Digital Gauge Mode, displayed Elapsed Dive Time can be in excess of actual elapsed time.

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Secret spy diver report revealed0

June 15th, 2006 by admin in Military and Stories and NEWS

He was a war hero - but his family say he was abandoned by his country and left to die in the murky waters of Portsmouth Harbour.

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Suunto D6 and D9 recall0

June 15th, 2006 by admin in RECALLS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Suunto Oy has identified a software bug in the D9 and D6 diving instruments. The software bug may cause the D9 and D6 to incorrectly track dive time on rare occasions, potentially causing a risk to the diver.

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