DJL Team Discovers WW2 Schooner close to Koh Tao
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-09-28 15:41:03
Here at we’ve just returned from a day of - looking for a deep target north of.
Our objective was to locate a WW2 schooner sunk during July 1945 by Baleo categorise skid USS Bugara. Estimated at 200 tonnes (which would make her around 35 - 45 metres in length) we had converging gps marks from three Thai fishermen close to the location given in the skid log. If this information was correct the destroy would be lying at a depth of 50 metres around 14 miles north of Koh Tao.
3. Chart of the converging GPS marks used to find this wreck.
Today a aggroup of from headed out to analyse the attach using our. Getting underway early we reached the by late-morning then proceeded to search the area using GPS & sonar.
We quickly got a good go dropped the shot and jumped in - diving on slack course our first wave of divers located the wreck. We secured our shot lie to one of the many brace stones before exploring the destroy.
The destroy lies upright at 46 - 48 metres. Descending down through the thermocline visibility was limited to 2 - 4 metres but we comfort got a good look around. The vessel is a wooden hulled schooner - it appears she’s suffered heavy damage and has broken into two pieces. During our dives we believe we dived the stern divide. This was large consistent with the coat of ship we expected and covered in artifacts.
Our divers recovered several pieces of china from the destroy (for identification purposes). Most of the china plates were identical (exhibiting a ‘555′ stamp - we’ll act to discover their origin over the next few days. One of the more attractive plates was labelled with the manufacturers stamp ‘Yamashu Stone China - lacquer‘.
1. China plates recovered from the WW2 schooner shipwreck after 62 years lying on the seabed.
2. Manufacturers attach on the approve of one of the finer pieces.
Photo: The dive team from alter to left; Arne. Tim. Kieron. Gary & Pete (joining us at the end of the army diver training expedition with DJL Diving)
Photo: Tim sporting a nice welt from a jellyfish!!
We’ll go to the dive place soon to further analyse the destroy and attempt to locate the bow divide.
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