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Let me understand this right. A bunch of IANTD Instructor Trainers are diving on air with twin steel = 120, multiple steel stages while wearing 3mm wetsuit and OMS wings, taking = Apollo scooters to 67m, deco on Nitrox 60 and 70, (may be butt-mounted) MLS = lights. And by the way, those wrecks were visited by another group of 18 divers = just weeks before taken the same live-aboard. The films of the subs are with = the Dutch Navy. > ---------- > From: Khoo Soo Seng[SMTP:khooss@si*.co*.sg*] > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 1998 4:52 AM > To: techdiver > Subject: Famous WW II Wrecks >=20 > IANTD SE ASIA has successfully conducted an Expedition to the = following > famous WW II wrecks along the Malaysian Coast.=20 > =A0 > A total of eight IANTD trainned Technical Divers (3 from Singapore, 2 = from > IANTD Sweden, & 3 from Russia) lead by Soo Seng Khoo of IANTD SE Asia > executed about 80 dives on the following wrecks, which was not = visited by > any Technical Divers before. > =A0 > 1.=A0=A0=A0 Battle Cruiser - HMS "Repulse"=20 > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 A 242 Meter (799 ft) 32,000 Ton Battle Cruiser built = in 1916 > refurbished in 1941 with modern Armaments to join the WW II in SE = Asia. On > 10 December 1941, she suffered extensive torpedo hits on her Port = (10) & > Starboard (4) sides and a 250 Kg Bomb on her deck from the three = groups of > Japanese Torpedo-carrying Bettys. Now lies on her Port side at a = depth of > 60 meters (200 ft). Many of her artillery were visible, i.e. The 40mm = Pom > Pom Guns, 20mm Oerlikon Guns, & 102mm Canons. Projectiles for the = canons > were armed and spewed in the Shell Room. Her propellers were buried = in the > sand except one is visible. No penetration dives were made. This ship = lost > 513 lives. Captain Tennant survived. > =A0 > 2.=A0=A0=A0 Battleship - Prince of Wales > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 This ten month old state of the art Battleship = was sent to SE Asia > to show the commitments of the British during the War. She was the = Command > ship of Force Z. A third of its 35,000 tons of steel consisted of = armour > plating (16" thick) and a complex system of bulkheads had earned her = the > nickname of HMS Unsinkable. She suffered extensive torpedo hits on = her > Port (2) & Starboard (5) sides and two 500 Kg Bomb on her deck. Now = lies > completely upside down at a depth of 67 meters (220 ft). Her hull = looked > like a huge reef. She lost 327 men. Among whom were the Captain John = Leach > and Admiral Phillips. Some of the Artillery were visible, but the = main > Guns were either buried in the sand or may have been detached from = it's > base and dropped off as she sank. No penetration dives were made.=20 > =A0 > 3.=A0=A0=A0 Dutch Submarine - O16 > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Launched in 1936 using the New Techniques of = welding instead of > riveting. She sunk more than six Japanese troopships during the War. = On > the night of 14/15 December 1941, she struck a Japanese mine and sunk = with > all hand except Quartermaster C. de Wolf. She was under the command = of Lt > Cdr. A.J. Bussemaker. The wreck is still pretty intact. The = instructment > at the conning tower is still=A0 there except the compass, wheel & = the radio > direction finder. The navigation lights are still firmly attached to = the > sail. The periscope is down and intact. No penetration dives were = made. > =A0 > 4.=A0=A0=A0=A0 Mine Sweeper "Banka" > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 This converted Mine Sweeper from = Singapore was struck by the a > Japanese mine. The wooden superstructure=A0 is a heap of rotting = wood. The > front Gun is still visible. The engine room was penetrated during the > dives. > =A0 > =A0 > Equipment Used > 1.=A0=A0=A0 Dive Rite Superwing & OMS Wings > 2.=A0=A0=A0 Nitek3 Dive Computer > 3.=A0=A0=A0 IANTD Hard tables > 4.=A0=A0=A0 Steel 10L & 12 L tanks charged to 232 Bar > 5.=A0=A0=A0 Steel 120 cu.ft > 6.=A0=A0=A0 Stages are steel 7L, & Al. 80 cu.ft > 7.=A0=A0=A0 Poseidon Regulators (short & long Hoses) > 8.=A0=A0=A0 Apollo DPV > 9.=A0=A0=A0 Haskel Booster pump > 10.=A0=A0 Dive Rite Lift Bags & Reel > 11.=A0=A0=A0 3mm wet suit & DUI shell suit > =A0 > Dive Profile; > Bottom Time;=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 20 to = 30 minutes > = SIT;=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 3 to 4 hours > = Depth;=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 between 54 to 67 meters (178 to 220 ft) > Temperature=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = Around 30'C ( 88'F) > = Condition=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0 Easy diving > Bottom Gases used;=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Air & Trimix > Deco Gases=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = EAN 50, 70, 80 & 100% > = Camera=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 4 Nikonos V with 15mm lens > = Video=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 3 VH-1000 with Sea & Sea Housing > = Lights=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Dive Rite MLS & AUL > = Photographs=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = will be posted at our web site when ready > =A0 > Soo Seng Khoo > IANTS SE ASIA > 196 Pandan Loop #06-17 > "PanTech" Industrial Complex > Singapore 128384 > Tel; +65-776.7227 > Fax; +65-7733.239 > http://www.iantdsea.com > email: khooss@si*.co*.sg* > =A0 > =A0 > = =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=20 > =A0 > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=20 > =A0 > =A0 >=20 -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. 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