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HMS Charybdis - Limbourne Expedition Gallery
2001-2002 By Leigh Bishop
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A collection of images that reflect the diving operations and logistics
of both Deep
expeditions to the wrecks of HMS Charybdis & Limbourne during
2001-2002.
Above; Skin Deep of Weymouth leaves the small French fishing
port of Plomanach for the journey
out to the wreck site of HMS Limbourne during the 2002 expedition.
The small port here is tidal
which threw logistics such as mixing gas and leave times out of sequence.The
hydraulic ladder
gantry can be seen housed on the stern of the boat. Image
Courtesy John Ovenden
Above; Out at sea above the wreck site on day one and Tim bach
finalizes schedule
before Chris Hutchison makes his entry into the water. Utilizing twin
20ltr Cylinders
alongside Mark Bullen & Steve Parker the three men would make
a shaved checkout
dive on the wreck at 280ft depth to verify the established position
given by John Ovenden.
Image courtesy of Steve Parker for Deep Image.co.uk
Left; Mark Bullen mentally prepares himself for the initial
exploration dive to HMS Limbourne
during the 2002 expedition. A veteran British wreck diver Mark is
widely regarded as an
asset to any expedition through his extensive wreck knowledge and
navigation skills.
Right; Holly Turner makes repairs to the decompression station
during the 2002 expedition.
As well as Skin Deep crew 21 year old Holly also acted as an expedition
translator.
Image courtesy of Steve Parker for Deep Image.co.uk
Left; Paul Haslam aboard his vessel Deep Seeker enlightens
the expedition divers to his
sonar side scan results of HMS Limbourne. From the dives and Pauls
scans we could
establish that Limbourne now lies in three separate sections.
Right; Deep seeker maneuvers over the site of Limbourne survivor
Neil Wood lays a wreath
in memory of his lost colleagues lost here, his lost ship 280ft below
the surface!
Images courtesy of Steve Parker for Deep Image.co.uk
Above Left & right; British wreck diver Mark Bullen arrives
back aboard the Weymouth dive
boat Skin Deep via the stern hydraulic tailgate lift. HMS Limbourne
expedition 2002.
Left; On the quay of the French port Ploumanach Guy Middleton
& Chris Hutchison bide time
as the haskel booster pump fills diving cylinders during the 2002
Limbourne expedition.
Right; As the port was extremely tidal there was no time
to waste when it came to gas mixing,
with the onboard Compressor we were able to leave dive cylinders
aboard and bring the helium
and 02 to the boat. The only disadvantage was that each half hour
we physically had to maneuver}
the mixing equipment helium and 02 down the quay with the tide!
Images courtesy of Steve Parker for Deep Image.co.uk
Chill out time in the French port of Perros- Guirec! Limbourne Expedition
2002.
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Left; Guy Middleton is assisted by Julian Guest as he prepares
to dive HMS Limbourne during
the 2002 expedition. Guy acted as expedition translator and worked
on stills photography.
Image courtesy of Steve Parker for Deep Image.co.uk
Right; Mark Bullen takes an additional oxygen soak as Roy
'the boy' Smith AKA Iffy smiffy assist in dekitting. Limbourne expedition
2002.
Left & Right; More gas mixing in Ploumanach France,
Limbourne expedition 2002.
Images courtesy of Steve Parker for Deep Image.co.uk
Left; Charybdis & Limbourne expedition diver Toby Herbert
sends a friendly reminder that he
is English Born and Bred! Each member of both Keith Morris's Charybdis
& Limbourne
expeditions was British! As were the ships we went in search of!
Right; Toby Herbert and Tim Bach finalize equipment checks
prior to the start of the
Charybdis 2001 expedition dives.
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Left; HMS Charybdis survivor and ships diver Steve Keeling
prepares to lay a wreath over
the site of HMS Charybdis in memory of his lost colleague's from
Oct 1943.
Right; The sea is only Skin Deep! Sponsored by Fat Face clothing
the Weymouth dive charter
Skin Deep shows her true colours. Limbourne expedition 2002.
And finally the 2001 HMS Charybdis expedition team members pictured
in St Peters Port Guernsey.
Left to right >>Tim Bach expedition diver | Toby Herbert expedition
diver | Graham Knott
skipper Weymouth dive boat Weychieftain II | Keith Morris (foreground)
Expedition leader and
lead diver HMS Charybdis & Limbourne expeditions 2001 - 2002
| Leigh
Bishop (center back)
expedition diver and deep stills cameraman | Ian Taylor expedition
diver and back up skipper to
the Charybdis expedition and lead skipper Limbourne expedition 2002
| Roy Smith expedition
diver | Andrew Hetherton expedition diver. Photograph
taken by Richard Keen
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