Archive for March, 2007

The Seacrest drill ship – wreck discovered near Songklah, Thailand

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

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Hello guys,

We finally located and dived the Seacrest last week. 

She lies about 40nm east of Songkla in on her port side in approx 50m. the derrick and wheelhouse are missing  but  otherwise she’s intact, just a little battered.

Because she’s shallow, marine life has settled on the wreck  in a big way, some reef sharks and a big leopard shark as well as  lots of snapper etc

Obviously this is a well known fishing spot as there are dozens of snagged fishing boat anchors scattered about.  

 

We took some great Hi Def video but I’m told we can’t take stills from that format

We’ll visit again soon and try and find the missing derrick and wheelhouse and get some still photos, rest assured we  are fully aware that although this wreck isn’t a grave, she needs to be treated with respect.

Yours, Jamie

MV Trident, Koh Tao     www.techthailand.com 

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Wreck Detectives visit Thailand!

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

Trident Wreck Exploration vessel with John Chatterton and Richie Kohler

Dear Divers,

We’ve just returned from two southern trips , one filming the USS Lagarto with John Chatterton and Richie Kohler and the second with some of our regular customers.

The filming trip actually happened at last, we’ve been talking about it for a year and you all know how cheap talk is in the diving world. Thankfully conditions and weather were good ,

The one hour documentary will be aired in May 2008.

On the second trip we went to the Tottori Maru first and discovered it wasn’t, she’s too big and a slightly too modern. Good news is the Tottori is still out there waiting for us.

The second wreck was the first time on the Seacrest, the oil drilling ship sunk in 1989 with large loss of life. She lies on her port side in only 48m.

Then we returned to the Lagarto, completed the filming jobs and cleared some nets. She’s looking better each time we visit.

We’ve got a couple of trips coming up;

April 3-11th – exploratory trip to the east with 10 CCR divers – full

April 18th -22nd- Pornsri and Vlado – two big new wrecks, spaces available

May 15th – 21st – Seacrest , Lagarto, and hopefully Kinrei Maru ( got a good mark for this one). John Chatterton is joining us again for this trip so if you want to dive with a real life wreck diving legend, book quickly, it’s nearly full !

Have a look at the website for updates at

www.techthailand.com

Yours ,Jamie

Editors Comments+++ Also check out some of the ‘Wreck Detectives work here at http://www.titanic2006.com/ (You may need to wait a while for the videos and music to download if you have a slow internet connection)

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