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	<title>Diving Thoughts &#187; Historic</title>
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		<title>D-Day Wreck Found in Solent</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 7th June, Landing Craft LCT 427 was on the way back to Portsmouth after successfully delivering a cargo of tanks to Gold Beach as part of the D-Day landings. Unfortunately she never made it, as just 4 miles from &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/d-day-wreck-found-in-solent/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Odyssey Marine Plan to Retrieve Silver from 1941 Wreck</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Odyssey Marine Exploration have done a deal with the British Government to attempt to recover the cargo of a merchant ship that was torpedoed in 1941. The S.S. Gairsoppa of the British Indian Steam Navigation Company sailed from Calcutta in &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/odyssey-marine-plan-to-retrieve-silver-from-1941-wreck/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>HMS Hermes in Sri Lanka &#8211; Now Diveable</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HMS Hermes of the Royal Navy was the first ship to be designed and built as an aircraft carrier. She was laid down in January 1918, launched in September 1919 and finally commissioned in 1923.  In 1931 she was involved &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/hms-hermes-in-sri-lanka-now-diveable/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Poseidon Project Trailer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 9th June 2011 it was 80 years since  HMS Poseidon sank off the coast of China after a collision with a merchant steamer. ﻿﻿﻿ HMS Poseidon was a Royal Navy Parthian Class submarine and she sank north of Weihai &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/poseidon-project-trailer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Diving the Great Wall Video</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/diving-the-great-wall-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 08:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I left Hong Kong a number of us from South China Diving Club toyed with the idea of going up to Beijing and diving the Great Wall with Steven Schwankert of SinoScuba. Unfortunately it didn&#8217;t happen and it&#8217;s a &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/diving-the-great-wall-video/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>17th Century Wreck in Dorset</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/17th-century-wreck-in-dorset/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 09:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lying in around 7-9 metres of water on a sand and shingle seabed on the edge of Hook Sands in Dorset, is the Swash Channel wreck. This is believed to be an early 17th Century armed merchant ship, which has &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/17th-century-wreck-in-dorset/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Truk. Dive 17 &#8211; Kansho Maru</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in an earlier post, the Kansho is one of my favourite dives, but on our previous dive, we didn&#8217;t have enough time to explore the cavernous engine room properly. So we had a word with the dive &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/truk-dive-17-kansho-maru/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shipwrecked beer to be brewed again</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/shipwrecked-beer-to-be-brewed-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In July 2010, a ship that is believed to have been wrecked between 1800 and 1830 was salvaged, and 145 bottles of what was thought be champagne were recovered.  Subsequently these bottles have been found to include vintages from Veuve &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/shipwrecked-beer-to-be-brewed-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>British Warships Found off Estonia</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/british-warships-found-off-estonia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sonar searches by an Estonian minesweeper, Ugandi, have found the remains of 3 British ships that were part of a squadron that was supporting the Baltic states&#8217; struggle for independence against both German and Soviet invaders in 1918 / 1919. &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/british-warships-found-off-estonia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Truk. Dive 12 – Hoki Maru</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/truk-dive-12-%e2%80%93-hoki-maru/</link>
		<comments>http://www.divethoughts.com/truk-dive-12-%e2%80%93-hoki-maru/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hoki Maru is another of my favourite dives (yes, I know, I&#8217;ve got a lot of favourites). She was built in Scotland in 1921 and christened the British-New Zealand ship M/V Hauraki. She was captured in December 1941 by &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/truk-dive-12-%e2%80%93-hoki-maru/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Truk. Dive 11 &#8211; Kansho Maru</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/truk-dive-11-kansho-maru/</link>
		<comments>http://www.divethoughts.com/truk-dive-11-kansho-maru/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kansho is one of my favourite dives, primarily because of her engine room. She was built in 1938 as a passenger / cargo ferry, but was taken over by the Japanese navy and a 3 inch bow gun was &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/truk-dive-11-kansho-maru/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Truk. Dive 10 &#8211; Shinkoku Maru</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/truk-dive-10-shinkoku-maru/</link>
		<comments>http://www.divethoughts.com/truk-dive-10-shinkoku-maru/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Shinkoku is a lovely dive with good coral growth and excellent fish life. She was built in 1939 as a tanker, and she originally carried oil from the US, before the oil embargo was imposed. She was then converted &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/truk-dive-10-shinkoku-maru/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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