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Researching, diving and writing about shipwrecks has brought me a fair amount of contact from survivors of some of the wrecks I have written about - as well as from relatives of those who perished in the sinking or who survived but have now passed away. To date I have dealt with this in an ad hoc way as and when contact has been made with me.
Although there are Survivor's Forums for a number of well known Royal Navy vessels there has to the best of my knowledge never been a focal point where Survivors and Relatives of other vessels can come together to share information and make contact. Despite its faults, the internet has proved to be a wonderful tool for this sort of thing.
To give some structure to this and provide such a focal point I have created a Survivor's & Relatives Forum on this site. After following the registration process you can then start posting about ships of interest and start making contact. I truly hope that this will bring people together whose paths would never otherwise have crossed.
Click on the "FORUM" button on either the left or top menus of the site to access. |
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The dive season has started and up in Scapa Flow the new bound sets of 7 A4 wreck laminates are selling well to both divers and tourists interested in Orkney’s maritime history.Scapa Scuba, The Red Shed, Stromness are the main local distributors. |
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Rod’s new book The Darkness Below has now been submitted to Mainstream Publishing for consideration. Publication date to be advised. |
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Complimentary set of 6 A4 laminates of the famous Sound of Mull & west coast wrecks SS Hispania, SS Shuna, SS Thesis, Rondo, Breda and HMS Port Napier is presently under design. To be launched summer 2010. Anticipated RRP £15 per set |
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