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South China Sea Deep wrecks trip - Jun 07

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Updated: Jun 04, 2007 10:42pm PST

Java Sea search trip - Nov 06

Malacca Straits Trip - March 06

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USS Lagarto exp., Thailand- Jul 05 : USS Lagarto lost since the war and its location and cause of sinking unknown. Jamie found her in May 05 This was the first trip to her and first pictures. We took some relatives of Lagarto crew on board who did a memorial service over the wreck. These are the 1st pics taken of the Lagarto since she was lost. We managed to identify how (and where) she sank answering questions that have been unknown since the war.
Subsequently Jamie was invited to the US to attend a memorial service by relatives and worked with the US Navy on putting US Navy divers on the wreck for a formal ID later.
She is at 78m upright and intact. Some light trawler damage but for and aft guns still in place, as is the compass base (top probably pulled off by nets)

It was discovered that she sunk with all hatches closed and one torpedo tube open. A compression in her side just forward of the conning tower suggests she circum to a depth charge.

USS Lagarto exp., Thailand- Jul 05

Garsa Dua, Indonesia - June 06 : GARSA DUA - Indonesian: Motor general cargo vessel: P.T. Pelayaran Samudera Garsa Line; 1969; Imabari Zosen, Imabari; 3,126; 101.63m x 16.31m x 8.61m.
The Indonesian motor vessel was on route from Osaka to Lho Seumawe, Indonesia, carrying a general cargo, when she was wrecked by running aground on Acasta rock, about 120 miles east of Singapore, on April 1982.
The wreck broke in two the intact stern section and the twisted broken remains of the cargo holds lays at about a 45 degree list on the side of Acasta rock at a depth of 58m, the bow section lays further away.

This was the first time on her. We had great visibility and no current on the wreck but currents picked up during deco. Storm made surface conditions treacherous.

Garsa Dua, Indonesia - June 06

Nippo Maru & Campinila wreck, Jun 06 : Built 1938 Eriksbergs Mek verkstad; 6,079 tons; 461x62x27; 1,282nhp; oil engines.
The motor vessel Nippo Maru was formerly the swedish Ningho, siezed by the japanese at hongkong in Dec 1941. She was torpedoed and sunk by the US submarine Flasher on June 29th 1944 NE of Zingga Island Indonesia

She now suits on her side in 48m of water her cargo holds still housing the military trucks, motorbikes and munition she was transporting at the time of her sinking.

Nippo Maru & Campinila wreck, Jun 06

Subic bay, Philippines - Jan 2006 : For a week every Chinese new year me and Slim visit the Phillpines for some diving. 2006 was no exception - along with 'the German' we revisited Subic bay to dive some of the wrecks in the bay and a couple of deeper less visted ones outside the bay. The wrecks we dived included:-

B26 BOMBER - ??????(70m)
KYO MARU No 11 - Jap auxiliary submarine chaser sunk in March 1942 by a P-40 from Bataan (72m)
F4 PHANTOM jet figher (45m)
USS NEW YORK - WW1 Battle Cruiser built in Philadelpia in 1891 scuttled by US Navy in 1941 (30m)
SEIAN MARU - 30,000 TON Japanese cargo vessel sunk by the US Navy in 1945. (27m)
ORYOKU MARU - Sunk in 1944 by planes from USS Hornet. Most of 1,619 POW onboard died
EL CAPITAN - A small freighter IN 20m

Subic bay, Philippines - Jan 2006

Aur Tanker, Malaysia- Sept/Oct 05 : The Aur tanker is a bit of a mystery. She is believed to be a British tanker but nobody has managed to positively identify her or come up with a name. She looks like she sank from a tank explosion and based on her condition she is possibly post war. She is laying in 62m of water deck is around 55m. SAW are actively searching her to try to find something that will enable us to identify her.

Aur Tanker, Malaysia- Sept/Oct 05

Y.O.B.S Trip, Malaysia - Aug/Sept 05 : Ten day exploration trip from Singapore up the East coast Malaysia to Tengol and back with the Y.O.B.s (Young Old Boys), formerly known as the Old Boys - but now that their kids are joining group was renamed.

Dived:-

HMS Repulse - 58m

HMS Prince of Wales - 70m

a new wreck (Large Tug) - 46m
Sara D - cargo ship - 70m
Lat Da - cargo - 40m
Samui - Tanker - 40m

Y.O.B.S Trip, Malaysia - Aug/Sept 05

HMS Repulse - Oct 06 : Our own charter using 'Divemaster' out of Endau with Brooks/Steve and Co.

Mirror flat sea no current and good vis - likely some of the best conditions I have seen on the Repulse

HMS Repulse - Oct 06

Truk Lagoon Trip Sept 03 : 2003 Truk lagoon trip on Odyssey. Diving with John Garvin and Rudi Asseer

[All the best Truk pics taken by Matt Reed]

Truk Lagoon Trip Sept 03

Subic/Coron trip, Philippines, Jan 05 :

Subic/Coron trip, Philippines, Jan 05

Deep wrecks search trip - North Borneo/Malaysia 05 : Trip to locate and dive some new wrecks in the 70-110m range. Sidescanning up towards Vietnam and checking out marks we found and dived a few virgin wrecks the deepest to 95 and 105m depth. A Great trip!

Deep wrecks search trip - North Borneo/Malaysia 05

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