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Illinois English Channel shipwreck surface images by Leigh Bishop
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diver bob hughes with the bell recovered from the Illinois diver with a porthole recovered from the wreck diver Bob Hughes with the bell he recovered from the wreck ships telegraph
Above left:-Bob 'Illinois' Hughes with the bell when he recovered it in 1997.
Above left of centre:- Diver shows recovered porthole.
Above right of centre:- Bob Hughes with the bell after he restored it.
Above right:- Bridge telegraph from the wreck.
recovered telegraph diver with porthole Leigh Bishop & Christina Campbell with engine room lamp leigh bishop with porthole from the Illinois
Above left:- Restored telegraph from the wreck
Above left of centre:- Bob Hughes again with a porthole from the wreck.
Above right of centre:- Leigh Bishop & Christina Campbell with a lamp from the wreck.
Above right:- Leigh Bishop with a porthole from the wreck
divers on weymouth quay with artifacts from the illinois divers with portholes recovered from the Illinois
Above left:- Diving mates during the good days after a dive on the Illinois
Above right:- A good days diving on the illinois
when the bell was raised diver shows his prize trophy
Above left:- The recovery of the bell photo by Grahame Knott
Above right:-The recovery of the bell photo by Grahame Knott

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