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...because I have an ROV.

I am searching for wrecks in any part of the world, at any depth up to 1800m (6000ft). I work for a large private vessel- we are NOT treasure hunters, we are interested only in taking HD video and still photos, which we would be willing to share with anyone who can help us locate an interesting site.

In fact, if you have any information through your personal research or local knowledge that could potentially lead to discovery of a previously unseen wreck, we will fly you to the vessel to act as an advisor for the duration of the our dive. Operation of a system like ours normally costs $50,000 per day, so I think this is a rare opportunity for an amateur enthusiast with knowledge to share. Our vessel's owner gets to see something new, you finally get a look at that wreck that has filled your imagination for so long...

At the moment, we are in the Pacific. I am especially interested in locating and diving the Musashi in the Sibuyan Sea, but would love to hear of any possibilities between French Polynesia and Indonesia. We carry out regular circumnavigations, so no part of the world off limits in the longer term.

If you have any advice, contacts, comments, or specific information to share, please email me at: cbwbirch@hotmail.com so that we can discuss it in privacy.

Good Hunting,

Christian
 
Very interesting. Got any of these images you'd care to share with us? I don't have any info for you, but I'm fascinated with shipwrecks and underwater archeology. Sounds like you have an interesting job.
 
id love to dive on a virgin u boat
5000 is a litle beyond my level of training tho :)
 
not to double post but what proof do they have that it is the U-166?
 
Man, that sounds awesome. I wish I had any information about a wreck, I'd love to get on a ship like that. I've got a couple pathetic ROVs I built from scratch to mess with in lakes, I'd almost kill to get anywhere near the real deal...*dreaming*
 
I have heard of lots of wrecks that are at greater depths around Oahu...would that be of interest to you?
 
There's an F/A18 fighter that fell off a carrier about 2 months back in about 6000ft not too far from Sydney... :)

Z...
 
Oh neato! How's about dropping some specs on your robot sub, and maybe some sweet photos of the thing? I have some slight experience with the ROV field, and am always keen on seeing what other folks are doing.
 
Theres a Japanese destroyer or light cruiser on ?Neoch atoll 10 km south of truk lagoon that hit the barrier reef, go stranded, bombed and then slide off down the wall. As far as I can tell it has yet to be found (prob >100 metres depth).

The battle of leyte gulf in the southern Philippines was the largest navel battle of all time. Japanese and American forces lost 7 aircraft and escort carriers, 3 battleships, 8 cruisers and 15 destroyers. Plenty of targets to search for over a very large area. However exact locations are probably not known so bring your sonar, magnetometer and plan to spend a lot of time doing grids. From what I understand most of these lie outside diveable depths while some may be at the limit of tech diving but are in areas of strong current.

There’s numerous other WW2 wreaks around Asia that haven’t been found. A bit of research should turn up many more targets.

Cheers,
Rohan.
 

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