Phi Le wrote .....

>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.


I have been informed that those diving the 120s were using the DUIs.

>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.


Hm, fascinating.  Which wrecks did they cover specifically? Were these 18
divers part of a TDI led expedition?

Care to shed some light on the participants' equipment configuration?
Specifics, please.  Hogarthian? DIR? Personal preference?


Nick,
Singapore
>> ----------
>> From: Khoo Soo Seng[SMTP:khooss@si*.co*.sg*]
>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 1998 4:52 AM
>> To: techdiver
>> Subject: Famous WW II Wrecks
>>
>> IANTD SE ASIA has successfully conducted an Expedition to the following
>> famous WW II wrecks along the Malaysian Coast.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 1. Battle Cruiser - HMS "Repulse"
>> 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.
>>
>> 2. Battleship - Prince of Wales
>> 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.
>>
>> 3. Dutch Submarine - O16
>> 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 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.
>>
>> 4. Mine Sweeper "Banka"
>> This converted Mine Sweeper from Singapore was struck by the a
>> Japanese mine. The wooden superstructure is a heap of rotting wood. The
>> front Gun is still visible. The engine room was penetrated during the
>> dives.
>>
>>
>> Equipment Used
>> 1. Dive Rite Superwing & OMS Wings
>> 2. Nitek3 Dive Computer
>> 3. IANTD Hard tables
>> 4. Steel 10L & 12 L tanks charged to 232 Bar
>> 5. Steel 120 cu.ft
>> 6. Stages are steel 7L, & Al. 80 cu.ft
>> 7. Poseidon Regulators (short & long Hoses)
>> 8. Apollo DPV
>> 9. Haskel Booster pump
>> 10. Dive Rite Lift Bags & Reel
>> 11. 3mm wet suit & DUI shell suit
>>
>> Dive Profile;
>> Bottom Time; 20 to 30 minutes
>> SIT; 3 to 4 hours
>> Depth; between 54 to 67 meters (178 to 220 ft)
>> Temperature Around 30'C ( 88'F)
>> Condition Easy diving
>> Bottom Gases used; Air & Trimix
>> Deco Gases EAN 50, 70, 80 & 100%
>> Camera 4 Nikonos V with 15mm lens
>> Video 3 VH-1000 with Sea & Sea Housing
>> Lights Dive Rite MLS & AUL
>> Photographs will be posted at our web site when ready
>>
>> 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*
>>
>>
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