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    Maine, released in the United States as Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine" and in Britain as Divers at Work on a Wreck Under Sea or Divers at...
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    the explosion and sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor on 15 February 1898, the United States intervened in the Cuban War of Independence. The Spanish...
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  • Peter Throckmorton (category American underwater divers)
    archaeology: the excavation of the Cape Gelidonya bronze age wreck site. The team he assembled worked under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania. The project...
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    Bret Gilliam (category American underwater divers)
    was a multimillionaire from the sale of several businesses that included Technical Diving International (TDI), V. I. Divers Ltd., AMF Yacht Charters, Ocean...
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    this work by a committee of divers led by Raniero Borg to honour the visit of Pope John Paul II to Malta in 1990. The statue is modeled on the bronze...
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    Brian Skerry (category American underwater divers)
    boat based on the coast of Rhode Island from 1982–1992, taking divers out to explore New England shipwrecks. His early photography focused on marine life...
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    Helgoland Habitat (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    and was the first of its kind in the world built for use in colder waters. It is named after the island Helgoland. The habitat allowed divers to spend...
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    Jessica Meir (category American underwater divers)
    something to do with the fact that the stars shone so brightly in rural Maine", Meir added. At the age of 13, Meir attended a youth space camp at Purdue University...
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    following day. Work on the wreck of the Maine stopped on April 3, 1898. All divers and tugs were withdrawn from the site, and the recovery of bodies called...
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    operated the Helgoland Habitat. On September 23 the three Germans were joined by two American divers: Lieutenant Commander Laurence Bussey of the United...
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    industry. Recreational divers may accept a relatively high level of risk to dive at a site perceived to be of special interest. Wreck diving and cave diving...
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    Recreational dive sites (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    industry. Recreational divers may accept a relatively high level of risk to dive at a site perceived to be of special interest. Wreck diving and cave diving...
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  • Pluragrotta (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    Pluragrotta with the damming of lake Kallvatnet in the 1960s. There have been multiple injuries and fatalities among cave divers at the site, which is accessible...
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    activity known as wreck diving is generally not considered salvage work, though some recovery of artifacts may be done by recreational divers. Most salvage...
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    Whydah Gally (category Ships built on the River Thames)
    went along. On 26 April 1717, Whydah Gally was caught in a violent storm and wrecked off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Only two of Whydah Gally's...
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    Robert Ballard (category American underwater divers)
    best known by the general public for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier...
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    Samuel P. Ely (shipwreck) (category Wreck diving sites in the United States)
    that divers had removed parts of the red oak deck planking to make furniture and picture frames. After the wreck was listed on the National Register of Historic...
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  • Stan Waterman (category American underwater divers)
    winner. After returning home from service in the US Navy during World War II, he became the first resident of Maine to purchase an aqualung, designed by Jacques...
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  • Portsea Hole (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    assessed at 10 hectares (25 acres), is one of six separate areas that comprise the Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park and is a popular site for divers. The...
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  • Jura (ship, 1854) (category Wreck diving sites)
    Sports divers are partly to blame, as is the aforementioned dumping of mud on the wreck, damage as a result of regular shipping and fishing, and, of course...
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  • SS Ellengowan (category Wreck diving sites)
    and was abandoned. 103 years later, in 1991, she was discovered by divers making it the oldest known shipwreck in Darwin Harbour. Built in 1866 by Akers...
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  • USS Grenadier (SS-210) (category Ships built in Kittery, Maine)
    in 2020, the discovery of the wreck came in a series of dives as part of a six-month, $110,000 expedition beginning in October 2019. The divers sent their...
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  • USS Nina (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    the 30 crewmen and one officer on board listed as having died on that day. In 1978, divers discovered Nina′s wreck in the Atlantic Ocean 11 nautical miles...
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    USS Spiegel Grove (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    wreck was finally opened to recreational divers. In the next week, over a thousand divers visited the site. There were 50,000 dives annually to the ship...
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    in the harbor at Havana, Cuba. Navy divers were sent from Key West to study and report on the wreck. Although a Court of Inquiry was convened, the reason...
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    SS Admiral Sampson (category Wreck diving sites)
    Point, the Admiral Sampson has become a notable scuba diving destination for advanced recreational divers certified to use rebreathing equipment. The Admiral...
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    Pope's Eye (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    Park and is a popular site for divers. The fort has been protected as a marine reserve since 1979 and is now part of the Port Phillip Heads Marine National...
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  • Eccleston Quarry (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    body of narcotics dealer Marty Johnstone ("Mr Asia") was discovered in the quarry by local divers. Johnstone had been murdered on the orders of his associate...
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  • A-class submarine of the Royal Navy USS Aaron Ward – Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy Abessinia – German ship wrecked at the Farne Islands...
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  • MV Aeolian Sky (category Wreck diving sites in the United Kingdom)
    (although a few have made their way to auction). Divers report that the wreck is surrounded by thousands of jars of Marmite. "Aeolian Sky". ceresm.com (in French)...
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