Deep Wreck Diver
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110 years ago today, the RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by U-20 with the loss of 1,197 lives. It was a horrendous tragedy and still causes incredible controversy to this day.
The wreck lies in 90 metres of the Southern coast of Ireland and was described by legendary diver Gary Gentile as an "impossible dive" The first recreational dives on the wreck were achieved during the 1994 Starfish Enterprise expedition, led by technical diving pioneer Polly Tapson (RIP)*.
I've had the great privilege of diving it 10 times including the one shown in this video
* As an aside, she deserves to be much better known than she is.
The wreck lies in 90 metres of the Southern coast of Ireland and was described by legendary diver Gary Gentile as an "impossible dive" The first recreational dives on the wreck were achieved during the 1994 Starfish Enterprise expedition, led by technical diving pioneer Polly Tapson (RIP)*.
I've had the great privilege of diving it 10 times including the one shown in this video
* As an aside, she deserves to be much better known than she is.