RSS Edit 1.2 (C) 2007 www.thaiwreckdiver.com All Rights Reserved Sun, 11 May 2008 12:39:06 GMT Sun, 11 May 2008 12:39:06 GMT To all those who dive Thailand, individual Shipwreck accounts concerning Thai wreck diving with detailed up-to-date dive site reviews from experienced local Thai and Western divers, technical dive planning software, Important dive site safety information and Historical research data concerning the events that caused the vessel's loss, will open up a wealth of information plus identify how to dive dozens of Thailand's more obscure and interesting wreck diving sites. http://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/ scubaengineer@gmail.com (Stephen Burton) scubaengineer@gmail.com (Stephen Burton) en-us http://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/hatsutaka.htmThu, 03 Apr 2008 12:36:37 GMTdeepdive@loxinfo.co.thWorld Newshttp://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/contactx.htmDuring March 2008, a team of divers from Davy Jones Locker [Koh Tao, Thailand], discovered the wreck of the Imperial Japanese Navy Minelayer Hatsutaka. HIJMS ship sunk the USS Lagarto submarine and was herself subject to a revenge attack by another US submarine in the area that resulted in her sinking. http://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/large_freighter_phuket.htmWed, 19 Mar 2008 14:54:42 GMTdeepdive@loxinfo.co.thWorld Newshttp://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/contactx.htmFollowing an intensive search for new wrecks in the Phuket area over the past few weeks, an expedition team from Deep Blue Divers, Joerg Zebisch, Barry Manners und Sven Roesler, located and dived today, the 24.10.06, on an approximately 130 metre long freighter lying at a depth of 90 metres. http://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/coral_reef_squadron.htmTue, 06 May 2008 17:52:52 GMTscubaengineer@gmail.comWorld Newshttp://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/contactx.htmA total of ten decommissioned aircraft consisting of four Douglas C-47 Dakota Skytrain military transport aircraft and six Sikorsky S-58T helicopters of the Royal Thai Airforce aircraft stand by ready to be sunk offshore to create a new coral reef for tourists and marine life at Phuket. Bad weather preventing the planned sinking of the aircraft which will be kept at Layan Beach until the weather improves around November 2008. The Coral reef Squadron will create Thailand’s largest Artificial reef once completed. The Large C-47 aircraft will be have been specially prepared for divers, and each will be secured to the seabed by large concrete blocks weighing several tons. http://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/thonburi.htmThu, 20 Sep 2007 11:04:45 GMTscubaengineer@gmail.com (Stephen Burton)World Newshttp://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/contactx.htmLocal Thai accounts of HTMS Thonburi sinking at the Battle of Koh Chang reveal great heroism against incredible odds as a tiny flotilla of Thai coastal patrol boats take on the might of the French Navy. http://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/dangerous_stuff_on_dive_sitesx.htmFri, 31 Aug 2007 10:56:31 GMTscubaengineer@gmail.com (Stephen Burton)World Newshttp://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/contactx.htmMany of the worlds popular dive sites consist of remote pinnacles located far out to sea away from the nearest land. It may come as a surprise to find out that the same features that attract divers and sea-life to the remote location also represent the ideal properties for a gunnery test range. Fortunately, these ranges are clearly marked on Admiralty charts as 'dangerous areas'. Wisely, local fishing boats keep clear of them (not wanting any explosives brought up in the drag nets). Visiting Tourists may not be quite so knowledgeable of these hazardous areas, and many deaths and maiming occur every year across the world to civilians mishandling lethal Unexploded Military Ordinance http://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/wreckblog/?p=4Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:39:43 GMTscubaengineer@gmail.com (Stephen Burton)World Newshttp://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/contactx.htmThe Thai navy has sunk a decommissioned warship near Koh Larn in Pattaya Bay to create a second artificial reef and breeding ground for marine life in honor of the King of Thailands 60th year on the throne http://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/fred_evans_memorial.htmMon, 01 May 2006 13:36:46 GMTscubaengineer@gmail.com (Stephen Burton)World Newshttp://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/contactx.htmVeteran UNOCAL commercial diver and local wreck diving legend Fred Evans drowns during a CCR rebreather dive on the Japanese shipwreck Tottorri Maru in the South China Sea http://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/suddhadib_dvd.htmWed, 01 Mar 2006 13:35:26 GMTscubaengineer@gmail.com (Stephen Burton)World Newshttp://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/contactx.htmNaval Historian Peter Walker digs into the past to reveal the true history behind a popular Thai shipwreck whose origins remained a mystery for 65 years http://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/uss_lagarto_discovered.htmSun, 01 Jan 2006 13:33:19 GMTscubaengineer@gmail.com (Stephen Burton)World Newshttp://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/contactx.htmIn August 2005 Koh Tao divers Jamie Macleod, Stewart Oehl and the divers and crew of the M.V. Trident carried out a series of 230ft deep dives that accomplished the positive identification of a missing American submarine, now known to be the USS Lagarto. New evidence discovered during the survey revealed that the USS Lagarto went down fighting. A full dive report detailing the techniques used, and a summary of all known historical data related to the sinking are presented. http://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/lagarto.htmWed, 01 Jun 2005 13:30:47 GMTscubaengineer@gmail.com (Stephen Burton)World Newshttp://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/contactx.htmKoh Tao Diver Jamie Maceod discovers the wreck of a U.S. submarine sunk by a Japanese minelayer 60 years ago in the Gulf of Thailand during the closing stages of World War II http://www.scubaengineer.com/cdm18_trimix_decompression_profile_analyzer.htmTue, 22 Jun 2004 13:28:19 GMTscubaengineer@gmail.com (Stephen Burton)Science/Technologyhttp://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/contactx.htmA new decompression diving technique based on the Combined Decompression Model CDM-18 that provides the knowledge base used by two previous world record breaking deep divers is made available to the diving public. A spreadsheet implementation of the CDM-18 model analyzes any dive profile and breathing gas combination for correct decompression methodology, clearly identifying any profile abnormality or breathing gas change that would likely cause DCS http://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/wreck_listingsx.htm#king_cruiserThu, 01 May 1997 13:17:13 GMTscubaengineer@gmail.com (Stephen Burton)World newshttp://www.thaiwreckdiver.com/contactx.htmThe King Cruiser sank while apparetnly miles off course after striking the popular Phuket dive site Anemone reef on it's way to Koh Phi-Phi from Phuket. So far was the vessel off course, and so in need of a decent wreck diving site was Phuket, that local diver joked that the captain took a massive bribe to slam the vessel into the reef. As seen by the picture above, no one got hurt during the sinking apart from the insurers.