Diver Missing on the Repulse

There are rumours that a diver is missing on the Repulse. You can get some information here. It sounds as though it might have been a British navy diver. There is an article from 28th May at the ChinaPress dot com, but unfortunately (for me at least) it’s in Chinese. A very rough translation is as follows:

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13 UK technical divers were exploring the wreck of a World War II UK BattleCruiser (HMS Repulse) in the South China Sea, which was sunk by Japanese, and 1 diver disappeared. Those 13 divers reached the ship wreck by 3pm and at 4pm ascended and became aware that one of them had disappeared.

They used a satellite phone to contact one local diver and request police assistance.

The British ship was hit by Japanese on Dec 12 1941 and sank to the sea bed in 60 metres, 67 nautical miles from Kuantan.

Earlier in the week the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia had returned the ship’s bell from HMS Prince of Wales [which was sunk in the same action as the Repulse] to the commanding officer of HMS Edinburgh which was visiting.
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[The bell had been in Malaysia as part of the "Relationships" project to honour those who died on the Prince of Wales and the Repulse].

There are several SCDC divers along with a group from Sydney diving from Vidar’s boat this week and that was part of their itinerary. It doesn’t sound as though any of them are involved as the timing is off, but we should find out more in a few days when they get back to Hong Kong.