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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01BFF4BF.7820A740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable JT, John`s comments reflect the present situation. A list member has = asked me to check out the possibility of diving the Lucy. I have been = informed that a monitoring charge of =A3300.00 per day will be required. = This will be payable to ?????? A permit from Heritage is definitely required.AFIK, Bemis is eager to = start salvage on her, the Irish government are not too eager to give = permission. There is a "rumour" of priceless art on her, belonging to = Hugh Lane, an art collector from Ireland who has a gallery named after = him. As such, the goverment would claim these paintings as Lane left his = collection to the Irish state. They are supposedly in protective lead casings, and on board the = Lucy.Although Bemis won the legal custody battle, the Irish threw a = curve ball at him, as we are known for, and put the wreck under the = Office of Public Works protection, before letting Heritage take over, = which meant anyone, irrespective of ownerdhip, needed Irish permission = to dive it. Richard was on the Lucy last year, and he will verify that the Irish = kept a close eye on the diving, best Jack. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01BFF4BF.7820A740 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2014.210" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>JT, John`s comments reflect the present = situation.=20 A list member has asked me to check out the possibility of diving the = Lucy. I=20 have been informed that a monitoring charge of =A3300.00 per day will be = required.=20 This will be payable to ??????<BR>A permit from Heritage is definitely=20 required.AFIK, Bemis is eager to start salvage on her, the Irish = government are=20 not too eager to give permission. There is a "rumour" of priceless art = on her,=20 belonging to Hugh Lane, an art collector from Ireland who has a gallery = named=20 after him. As such, the goverment would claim these paintings as Lane = left his=20 collection to the Irish state.<BR>They are supposedly in protective lead = casings, and on board the Lucy.Although Bemis won the legal custody = battle, the=20 Irish threw a curve ball at him, as we are known for, and put the wreck = under=20 the Office of Public Works protection, before letting Heritage take = over, which=20 meant anyone, irrespective of ownerdhip, needed Irish permission to dive = it.<BR>Richard was on the Lucy last year, and he will verify that the = Irish kept=20 a close eye on the diving, best Jack.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01BFF4BF.7820A740-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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