DAVE PLATT Posted 1 February , 2018 Share Posted 1 February , 2018 Hello All, I'm heading a small group visiting the battlefields of Gallipoli in Sept, plenty to see and do but as we are all qualified wreck divers we plan to dive some of the wrecks sunk in the offensive. Quite a few listed already on various sites. A few Turkish companies boast a decent package but wonder if any members have done this before? which wrecks are best to see etc and which company did you use for equipment? For example HMS GOLIATH Location: Morto Cove Depth: 55-70 metres Type: Canopuc-class pre-dreadnought battleship Built: 1897 by the Royal Navy Sunk: 13 May, 1915 Length: 118 metres Tons: 12,950 HMS MAJESTIC Location: Morto Cove Depth: 18-29 metres Type: Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship Built: 1895 Sunk: 27 May, 1915 Length: 119 metres Tons: 14,900Both struck by a mine and hit by shore batteries. GAULOIS Location: Kumkale Depth: 45-52 metres Type: Charlemagne-class pre-dreadnought battleship Built: mid 1890s for the French Navy Sunk: 27 December, 1916 Length: 117 metres Tons: 10,361 HMS IRRESISTIBLE Location: Dardanos Depth: 39-61 metres Type: Formidable-class pre-dreadnought battleship Built: 1898 Sunk: 18 March, 1915 Length: 125 metres Tons: 14,685 Thanks Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3rn Posted 4 February , 2018 Share Posted 4 February , 2018 Hi Dave, can't help with your question, but you might be interested in this 13 minute Belgian TV doco from 1967 about salvage work on the wrecks at the Dardanelles. https://vimeo.com/201268695 I picked up this book a couple of years ago. It has pictures of the Dardanelles wrecks. http://www.divernet.com/reviews/p303120-echoes-from-the-deepby-selcuk-kolaywith-okan-taktaksavas-karakas-&-mithat-atabay.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loader Posted 5 February , 2018 Share Posted 5 February , 2018 Aren't these WAR GRAVES? Can they be dived on but no relics taken from them? Why was salvage permitted at any time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 5 February , 2018 Share Posted 5 February , 2018 On 04/02/2018 at 04:05, b3rn said: I picked up this book a couple of years ago. It has pictures of the Dardanelles wrecks. http://www.divernet.com/reviews/p303120-echoes-from-the-deepby-selcuk-kolaywith-okan-taktaksavas-karakas-&-mithat-atabay.html This book is surely a 'must have' if your planning diving around Gallipoli Incidentally it's last chapter also provides some answers to Loader's question Salvaging did take place from the 1920s up to the 1970s, when it became uneconomical The question of losing the wrecks and the protection of any war graves was also influential in the decision to stop salvage work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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