Cornish divers lift unique weights
Three 25kg bronze merchant’s weights have been recovered from the Schiedam, a 17th-century Dutch-built shipwreck near Gunwalloe off Cornwall’s Lizard Peninsula. Read more...
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1919 and Beyond
JOHN LIDDIARD considers the continued diving legacy of the Great War after the Armistice. Read more...
Diver to check out ‘Eldorado of the Seas’
An anchor trawled up by a fishing-boat off Cornwall is believed to be from the long sought-after 17th-century English galleon the Merchant Royal, which sank in 1641 with a substantial cargo of gold and silver. Local technical diver Mark Milburn plans to dive the site – but has also expressed fears that an unconsidered “gold rush” to find the wreck could prove dangerous. Read more...
Solved – the St Ives Mystery
MARK MILBURN turns detective once again to tackle a wreck conundrum in Falmouth Bay spanning two world wars Read more...
The U-Boat Coast
The WW1 U-boats at Pendennis have been dived for many years, by many people. The site is probably the second most popular shore-dive in Cornwall. Read more...
Now You See It…
The Schiedam Prize is a major 17th-century shipwreck that lies off the Cornish coast. Frustratingly, the shifting sands Read more...
NOW YOU SEE IT…
The Schiedam Prize is a major 17th-century shipwreck that lies off the Cornish coast. Frustratingly, the shifting sands reveal its Read more...
Diver finds WW2 mine off Cornwall
A large explosive device found by diver Mark Milburn half a mile off Maenporth beach near Falmouth in late November Read more...
Divers find 100m ghost net in Cornwall
Volunteer-divers were releasing baby lobsters off Rosemullion headland in Falmouth Bay, Cornwall for the National Lobster Hatchery this week when Read more...
Divers find 17th-century wreck at Poldark site
Divers have rediscovered a 17th-century shipwreck off Gunwalloe Church Cove in Cornwall - at the exact spot where a shipwreck Read more...