Sub-aqua diving

I am an active diver with the Basingstoke Branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club. I have been diving for 18 years. For further information on the diving club click here Basingstoke BSAC

I have done over 1100 dives. I mainly dive on wrecks these days and like looking for brass objects. Common dive areas are off the Dorset and Devon coasts and around the Isle of Wight. Wrecks have included the "Salsette", "Avalanche", "Boadicea", "Buccaneer" in Lyme Bay; "Merchant Royal", "Meknes", "Warrior" off Portland Bill; "Aparima", "Mendis", "Prince Leopold" off Swanage and around the Wight.

Other sites have included:

• France diving

• Scapa Flow, Orkney

Overseas trips have included:

• Red Sea, Egypt

• Truk Lagoon, West Pacific

• Vanuatu, South West Pacific

• Florida

• Bikini Atoll

This is a picture of a favourite wreck

The S.S.Salsette, sunk by torpedo on July 20, 1917. This lies in 48 metres of water 15 miles off Portland Bill in Lyme Bay, Dorset.

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