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Leigh Bishop
Leigh Bishop (born 17 April 1968) is an explorer and deep sea diver known for his deep shipwreck exploration and still underwater photography. Background Born in Northamptonshire, England in 1968, he began diving at the age of twenty-one and established himself on the technical diving scene during its formative years. Utilizing mixed gas to explore deep wrecks around the British Isles since the beginning of the 1990s, his 1997 expedition to search for the lost ''King Edward VII''-class battleship off North Scotland became the first of its kind to explore shipwrecks beyond 100 m (330 ft) depths in European waters. With little material available on the subject of deep 35 mm stills he took to photography specifically for the HMHS ''Britannic'' 1998 expedition. His photographs have been published in magazines and national newspapers. He is known mostly for his ambient-light monochrome images of shipwrecks, which use natural light and long time exposures using a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipwreck
A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be intentional or unintentional. Angela Croome reported in January 1999 that there were approximately three million shipwrecks worldwide (an estimate rapidly endorsed by UNESCO and other organizations). When a ship's crew has died or abandoned the ship, and the ship has remained adrift but unsunk, they are instead referred to as ghost ships. Types Historic wrecks are attractive to maritime archaeologists because they preserve historical information: for example, studying the wreck of revealed information about seafaring, warfare, and life in the 16th century. Military wrecks, caused by a skirmish at sea, are studied to find details about the historic event; they reveal much about the battle that occurred. Discoveries of treasure ships, often from the period of European colonisation, which sank in remote locations leaving few livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwick University
, mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (2020–21) , chancellor = Baroness Ashton of Upholland , vice_chancellor = Stuart Croft , students = 27,278 , undergrad = 15,998 , postgrad = 9,799 , city = Coventry , country = England, UK , coor = , campus = Semi-Urban (West Midlands/Warwickshire), The Shard ( WBS), London , colours = Blue, white, purple , free_label = Newspapers and magazines , free = '' The Boar'', ''Perspectives'' , website warwick.ac.uk , logo_size = 180px , administrative_staff = 4,033 , academic_staff = 2,610 , academic_affiliati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Vandal (P64)
HMS ''Vandal'' (P64) was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, yard number 838. The submarine had the shortest career of any Royal Navy submarine, being lost with all 37 onboard just four days after commissioning. Loss The submarine, under the command of Lieutenant James S. Bridger, was lost whilst carrying out a three-day-long working up exercise following commissioning. The submarine was last seen leaving her anchorage on 24 February 1943 at Lochranza, in the North of the Isle of Arran before her rediscovery in December 1994. She had only just joined the Third Submarine Flotilla in Holy Loch, a major submarine base during the Second World War used extensively for trials and exercises. There were initially conflicting reports over the possible position of the lost submarine, one submarine reported seeing a smoke candle two and a half miles (5 km) north of Inchmarnock, and another reported hearing hull tapping in a similar area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RMS Andania (1913)
RMS ''Andania'' was a passenger-cargo ship built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Greenock. She was launched on 22 March 1913 and was completed on 13 July 1913. In World War I ''Andania'' was used to transport the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and Royal Dublin Fusiliers to Cape Helles for the landings at Suvla. The landing at Suvla Bay by the British IX Corps was part of the August Offensive during the Battle of Gallipoli. Description ''Andania'' measured 13,405 gross register tons. She was and had twin funnels and masts. The hull was made of steel and the vessel was propelled by a twin propeller configuration, powered by eight quadruple-expansion engines creating a service speed of 15 knots. The ship could accommodate 520 second-class and 1,540 third-class passengers. Her sister ships were the and which were almost identical and "cater(ed) only for second and third class passengers. The old-style third class dormitories were replaced by four or six-bert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Transylvania (1914)
SS ''Transylvania'' was a British passenger liner of the Anchor Line, a subsidiary of the Cunard Line and a sister ship to . She was torpedoed and sunk on 4 May 1917 by the German U-boat at while carrying Allied troops to Egypt and sank with a loss of 412 lives. History Career Completed just after the outbreak of World War I, The 14,348 GRT ''Transylvania'' was built in 1914 at the Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company shipyard in the Scottish city of Greenock. The owner was the Anchor Line, which had been part of the Cunard Line since 1911. The 167.11 m long steamer was powered by two Parsons turbines and six Scotch steam boilers, which acted on two propellers and enabled a speed of 17.5 knots (35.2 km / h). She was taken over for service as a troopship from May 1915 the Admiralty fixed her capacity at 200 officers and 2,860 men, plus crew compared to the 1,379 passengers she was designed to carry. Her sister ship was . Loss On 3 May 1917, ''Transylvania'' sailed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MV Wilhelm Gustloff
MV ''Wilhelm Gustloff'' was a German military transport ship which was sunk on 30 January 1945 by in the Baltic Sea while evacuating civilian evacuees from East Prussia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Estonia and German military personnel from Gotenhafen ( Gdynia) as the Red Army advanced. By one estimate,"Wilhelm Gustloff: World's Deadliest Sea Disasters". ''Unsolved History'', The Discovery Channel. Season 1, Episode 14. (Original air date: 26 March 2003) 9,400 people died, making it the largest loss of life in a single ship sinking in history. Originally constructed as a cruise ship for the Nazi Strength Through Joy (''Kraft durch Freude'') organization in 1937, ''Wilhelm Gustloff'' had been requisitioned by the '' Kriegsmarine'' (German navy) in 1939. She served as a hospital ship in 1939 and 1940. She was then assigned as a floating barracks for naval personnel in Gotenhafen before being fitted with anti-aircraft guns and put into service to transport evacuees in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Tuscania (1914)
SS ''Tuscania'' was a luxury liner of the Anchor Line, a subsidiary of the Cunard Line and named after Tuscania, Italy. In 1918 the ship was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat while transporting American troops to Europe with the loss of 210 lives.Massie, Robert K. ''Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea.'' New York: Ballantine Books, 2004. Operations ''Tuscania'' carried passengers between New York City and Glasgow while in service with the Anchor Line, on a route that had previously been assigned to her sister ship ''Transylvania''. On its first trip to Glasgow, ''Tuscania'' was captained by David Bone, who was also a popular novelist of maritime adventures based on his life experiences. She continued to run this route even as World War I broke out in Europe in August 1914 and Germany initiated a submarine campaign against merchant shipping in waters near the United Kingdom. ''Tuscania'' made international headlines for re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS M1 (1917)
HMS ''M1'' was a submarine of the British Royal Navy, one of four vessels of her class ordered towards the end of the First World War. She sank with the loss of her entire crew in 1925. The vessels were originally intended as " submarine monitors", but their purpose had been changed before detailed design began. ''M1'' was fitted with a 12-inch (305mm) gun which was intended for use against surface ships in preference to torpedoes, the argument being that, "No case is known of a ship-of-war being torpedoed when under way at a range outside of 1000 yards 15 meters" Although the gun had an effective range of , it was normally fired using a simple bead sight at periscope depth with only the barrel above the water. It was important for the submarine's gun to sink or disable the target with the first shot, because the gun could only be loaded on the surface. She was long, displaced submerged and operated out of Portsmouth. She was launched on 9 July 1917, but was not involve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Affray (P421)
HMS ''Affray'' was a British ''Amphion''-class submarine. It was the last Royal Navy submarine to be lost at sea, on 16 April 1951, with the loss of 75 lives. ''Affray'' was built in the closing stages of the Second World War. She was one of 16 submarines of her class which were originally designed for use in the Pacific Ocean against Japan. History Early history She was laid down at the Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead on 16 January 1944, launched on 12 April and commissioned on 25 November 1945. ''Affray'' and her sisters were state-of-the-art submarines at the time of their launching. They were the culmination of a rapid submarine development driven by the Second World War. Some elements of her design were taken from captured Nazi German U-boats. Her modular style of manufacture and all-welded hull were unique at the time. For work in the Far East she was equipped with refrigeration and two huge air conditioners, and all her accommodation was placed as far away from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS King Edward VII
HMS ''King Edward VII'', named after King Edward VII, was the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the British Royal Navy. Armed with a battery of four and four guns, she and her sister ships marked a significant advance in offensive power compared to earlier British battleship designs that did not carry the 9.2 in guns. ''King Edward VII'' was built at the Devonport Dockyard, and was laid down in March 1902, launched in July 1903, and completed in February 1905. The ship entered service with the Atlantic Fleet as the fleet flagship before being transferred to the Channel Fleet in 1907, where she also served as the flagship. The Channel Fleet became the Home Fleet in 1909, where she remained for the next several years. During this period, the fleet was repeatedly reorganized, with ''King Edward VII'' ultimately ending up in the 3rd Battle Squadron by 1912, along with her sisters. The ships were sent to the Mediterranean during the Firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Hampshire (1903)
HMS ''Hampshire'' was one of six armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was assigned to the 1st Cruiser Squadron of the Channel Fleet upon completion. After a refit, she was assigned to the reserve Third Fleet in 1909 before going to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1911. She was transferred to the China Station in 1912 and remained there until the start of the First World War in August 1914. The ship hunted for German commerce raiders until she was transferred to the Grand Fleet at the end of 1914. She was assigned to the 7th Cruiser Squadron upon her return home. She was transferred to the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in 1916 and was present at the Battle of Jutland. Several days later, on 5 June, she was sailing to Russia, carrying the Secretary of State for War, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, when she is believed to have struck a mine laid by a German submarine. She sank with 737 of 749 souls on board, including Kitchener and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's College London
King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London. It is one of the oldest university-level institutions in England. In the late 20th century, King's grew through a series of mergers, including with Queen Elizabeth College and Chelsea College of Science and Technology (in 1985), the Institute of Psychiatry (in 1997), the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery (in 1998). King's has five campuses: its historic Strand Campus in central London, three other Thames-side campuses (Guy's, St Thomas' and Waterloo) nearby and one in Denmark Hill in south London. It also has a presence in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, for its profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
