Diver gashes his leg on metal sheet underwater while preparing Costa Concordia for salvage operation
Costa Concordia ran into a rock and capsized off the Italian coast in January 2012, killing 32 people. Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters
A diver has died working on the Costa Concordia shipwreck, apparently gashing his leg on an underwater metal sheet while preparing the vessel for removal.
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DCN operates a fully-equipped Hyperbaric Testing Facility in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. Hyperbaric welding environments at pressures of up to 190m can be simulated at the facility, which is one of the few in the world. Welder coding and procedure qualification can be undertaken at the centre.
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The international team bidding to raise the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Kursk made last preparations today ahead of their departure from Scotland for the wreck site.
The sub is at the bottom of the Barents Sea after an unexplained series of explosions sank the vessel off the Norwegian coast on August 12th, 2000, with the loss of all 118 crew on board.
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To this day, the wreck of the Flor de la Mar lies in wait, ready for a lucky underwater adventurer to disturb its resting place and strike it rich.
Imagine Lisbon in 1502, during the height of Portugal’s golden age of exploration.
The port is bustling with activity as the empire’s latest crowning achievement is unveiled—a massive new ship that is the finest the seafaring nation has ever built. Clocking in at 118 feet long, 111 feet tall, and 400 tons, the Flor de la Mar was the largest vessel in the fleet.
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