We are cranking up the pace and preparing for a busy summer following up on some old stories and a couple of new ones as well. With that in mind we do not have a bottomless money pit and we need to finance a very thirsty boat! To progress the stolen Hercules Paul Meyer story … Read Article
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 search goes on for the missing USAF Hercules those words ring in my ears most days now as I walk down the quay. I come out with all the usual lines that we we live and die by here at Deeper Dorset such as “Every day we know where it isn’t we are … Read Article
We are about to undertake a mid channel search something we don’t do that often. Normally we are looking very closely at the seabed on short ranges at high frequency to give us the best imagery for spotting half buried cannons etc, here we are looking at a quarter mile swath of seabed from left … Read Article
This story is one that has been bubbling away research wise for well over a decade and this year we are in a position to move forward with it. The wreck of this aircraft lays out in the English Channel and its remains will have a tale to tell. I have spent some considerable time … Read Article
In the eyes of the public driven by the media there is one English Channel aircraft story/mystery that stands out above all others, of course I am referring to the disappearance of Glenn Miller. As huge as this story is there are in my opinion several others that are just as worthy of attention and … Read Article