As we search for the remains of the Hercules we are often reminded just how much lies at the bottom of the English Channel. This is the wreck of a British minelayer from WW2 and back in the 90’s we were the first divers to visit her. She is upright largely intact 130ft long and … Read Article
The best day this year as we roar out into the channel yet again. We are settling into a routine now scouring the channel looking for what may remain of the Hercules. As the press interest dies and the hard up film production companies have given up ringing asking me to give away everything for … Read Article
As the title suggests this screen grab is a little shabby but in the can we have some nice footage of a mid 19th century iron sailing ship. This is what a virgin shipwreck looks like and don’t the fish just love it. Discovering and recording shipwrecks is what we do all at our expense … Read Article
Gearing up the wheelhouse to recommence the Hercules search after a weather break. I would like to have everything set up permanently but RWTwo has another life as a dive boat and sadly divers and delicate electronics are a recipe for disaster! Come the winter I think I will be carrying out some alterations to … Read Article
It has been a little quiet on here of late but that is a good thing as it means we are flat out working on the Hercules project. This is Colin deploying our new secret weapon! More about this at a later date suffice to say at this time it is a game changer for … Read Article
One thing for sure whatever happens the Paul Meyer story is now well and truly in the public eye and out there for all to see. The BBC website within 24 hours of an update had over two million hits which is just amazing, latest can be found here. This last week has been busy … Read Article
America First everyone else behind, even the Queen!… Well I guess it makes a great sound byte for The Donald but in our case we are certainly putting America first as we continue to fight the corner for one of its lost. It does feel a little strange that a few Brits are doing what the … Read Article
As much as we are progressing the search for the Hercules we are progressing the story with the fantastic help of Emma Jane Kirby and the BBC. I see this project as four distinct areas 1) What happened leading up to the flight? 2) what happened during the flight? 3) what happened after the flight? … Read Article
You may have noticed on the Deeper Dorset website there is a link to famous racing yacht Dolly Varden built 1872. With Deeper Dorset being all about maritime history when the opportunity arose to rescue her from a Dorset field after forty years literally in the wilderness rather than see her burnt I took it. … Read Article
You need eyes in the back of your head working here and although we are wide awake and know what we are doing I would imagine the conversation on the bridge regarding what we are up to is sometimes interesting! The onus is on us to keep out of the way but we like to … Read Article