claiming a wreck

[sscrooge]

hi, just a question ,is there any divers on here ? a mate of mine on saturday dived an uncharted wreck, anyway it turned out to be a large trawler type vessel sank by a uboat in ww1 1917 with no loss of life as the germans came alongside and told the crew to leave the vessel before they sank it, my fiend was 1st on wreck and took the ships bell,but he has now been told he might be able to claim the wreck is that possible?

[sscrooge]

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[Fred S]

Hi Dave,
I used to dive a bit (not under 45 metres, which is already a good trip...)
yes it is possible (well in France it is, I believe it must be as well in other countries), unless someone has already done it.

[sscrooge]

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hi fred, it hasnt ever been dived as now its going to be named on admiralty charts,so it looks like he may have an old wreck,, hes dived uboats and allsorts all over world think hes now planning a trip to the tirpitz, i hope he manages to claim that hes got 1 of them rebreather tanks and goes pretty deep,its not for me i panic in a swimming pool,,rgds dave

[Fred S]

its not for me i panic in a swimming pool,,rgds dave

A british that panic in water? The world goes mad

Diving is a beautiful experience (well maybe not in the Channel...try mediterranea first), easy to learn step by step with confirmed teachers

[Simon O.]

hi fred, it hasnt ever been dived as now its going to be named on admiralty charts,so it looks like he may have an old wreck,, hes dived uboats and allsorts all over world think hes now planning a trip to the tirpitz, i hope he manages to claim that hes got 1 of them rebreather tanks and goes pretty deep,its not for me i panic in a swimming pool,,rgds dave

Tirpitz or rather the scrap that's left is only in about 14m of water. The remains, as with all German wrecks in Norwegian waters belongs to a Norwegian scrap firm which bought all German wrecks from the Norwegian government after the war for 1 Norwegian Kroner.

In a nutshell he's not allowed to take anything at all from any WWII wreck in Norway without the owners permission.

As for this wreck off the UK, there's a process to be gone through, reporting, inquest etc. etc. that much i know.

[sscrooge]

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cheers guys, hes off diving another uncharted wreck tuesday and then uboat u12 on wed off scottish coast, rgds dave