Hms Exeter wreck video

[MartinL]

http://cdn.streamcdn.com/cdn.asp?c_id=b ... 0508-2.wmv

Did anybody notice the coment at the begining of the video about Hms hunter being a battleship. thought they would no better as the video was pulled from the Royal Navy official site

[RNfanDan]

http://cdn.streamcdn.com/cdn.asp?c_id=bfbs&mt=bfbs&fn=190508-2.wmv

Did anybody notice the coment at the begining of the video about Hms hunter being a battleship [?]

Hunter was a ship; it was in a battle; therefore, a battleship!

Think modern, man! MUCH of today's population couldn't even tell one from the other, anyway...

[chuck]

Hunter was a battle ship, it is submerged, so it's a Submarine battleship!

[HMAS]

Ok .
Kevin Denlay the finder.
Gentlemen, without too much ado I would like to confirm the discovery of and first dives on HMS Exeter and HMS Encounter in the Java Sea, both on 21/2/2007. Yes, 2007, that�s not a typo but, owing to contractual obligations, I was not at liberty to announce the discoveries until we had obtained sufficient photographic and videographic evidence to substantiate said discovery. A recent expedition, just completed, has not only obtained extensive photographic evidence but made a detailed survey of the two wrecks, with the results proving beyond a shadow of a doubt, to even the most hardened skeptics, that the two wrecks are exactly what we knew they were from day one.

However, given that they are approximately 1) 60 nautical miles from Exeter�s Capt Oliver Gordon�s estimated sinking position, 2) 30 nautical miles from the nearest Admiralty position for Encounter, and 3) a whopping 350 nautical miles from Sunda Strait, we thought it best we better put our money (or in this case concrete photographic proof) where our mouth was going to be before we �went �public. Hence the delay in the �news� being released until this most recent expedition could be mounted and successfully completed.

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For those so interested a set of photos taken on the wreck of HMS Exeter can now be viewed exclusively at the following web pages. More are expected to be added later along with a detailed survey report.

K

http://www.anzec.org
http://www.robin-brooks.com/special-shi ... 1942.shtml
The second site has the same photos but due to bandwith are a higher res.

[Werner]

My deepest gratitude to those who located and documented these ships, and my abiding respect and honor for those who gave "the last full measure" in defense of our freedoms and against overwhelming odds that day in 1942.