As a lifelong Titanic/shipwreck fan, very cool plate. Thanks for the vid allowing me to share in the experience of you finding it. After watching 3 of your vids back to back, subscribed. Cheers
Recover everything and make certain it’s recognized for the ship which carried it. I would have taken most of the damaged crockery as well. They are neat items to distribute to friends, schools, and museums. I’d love to have one carried to the bottom as cargo.
Amazing Footage Thank you. what I found fascinating was the SS Afric is within the reach of Divers and unfortunately its a struggle to locate Plates that aren’t damaged/ destroyed and the RMS Titanic is out of reach of most and has piles of plates still mostly stacked. Shame no Silver wear was located.
Glad you enjoyed the video and it brought some good memories back. My understanding is that the Afric used to be much more intact when you started diving it and that the collapse of the decks is a recent thing?
Mate , glad you got the plate. As long as you don't bring bones or disturb any I don't see the problem. Its not even a personal item. I like the way you explain things.
Wow...well executed dive...fantastic video and voice over....Great you have the plate ...don't drop it now haha😂....thanks for sharing these brilliant videos...
@@shootingwithmitch5921 Thanks. I'd say that understanding what you're looking at and being able to navigate around large broken wrecks is mainly a function of experience. Most of us have been doing this for a long time!
Time seems to be steadily destroying these ships, I know that a ship descrbed to me as 'a liberty ship' off Padstow was quite complete in the late 60s - 70s but I was later told that it had largely collapsed. This takes me back to a dive on a wreck described as 'well broken' off Portland, diving from a trawler fitted with Decca Navigator. I use a scubapro regulator & twin 60s. Getting back up the huge sides of the trawler in a swell was 'memorable'.
Absolutely, no-one will ever see these incredible wrecks - even as they are now. People who dived them in the 60s/70s as you did were very fortunate even if you didn't have the awesome equipment that we have now. I think the liberty ship you mention off Padstow might be the SS Ezra Weston? www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11585
Acording to some marine salvage laws pertaining to ships lost during war and especially where people perished. It is illigal to salvage items. U are probally breaking the law here.
Thanks for your comments. Although that may be the case in some countries, I have a letter from the UK government (Receiver of Wreck) confirming that they know the plate was recovered from this wreck and stating that it is now mine.
